Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-27 Thread Jo Rhett
not surprised, given that I don't personally grok the Python.org style. I'm not offended, just aware that my patches are unlikely to be useful in this effort. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance ... net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers

Re: [Mailman-Developers] Google Summer of Code - Spam Defense

2008-03-27 Thread Jo Rhett
opinion. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance ... net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-27 Thread Jo Rhett
well known issue in it. Anyway, I'm done. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance ... net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers

[Mailman-Developers] Done.

2008-03-27 Thread Jo Rhett
they have applied to prevent backscatter. I am notifying the known mailman sites within our network. We are done with this issue. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance ... net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatterindefault installation

2008-03-26 Thread Jo Rhett
Jo Rhett wrote: Not all bounces are backscatter. My servers all deliver DSNs to the sender. My servers don't send backscatter. On Tue, March 25, 2008 6:59 pm, Mark Sapiro wrote: So now we're back to my original question. Under what circumstances is it acceptable for an MTA to accept

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-26 Thread Jo Rhett
Jo Rhett wrote: I don't care what is done. Do something that makes it better. On Tue, March 25, 2008 9:12 pm, Dale Newfield wrote: This is an open source project. You are welcome to use it as is or modify it to your liking. (I believe--someone confirm, please) you even have the right

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-26 Thread Jo Rhett
explicit matches and PASS. -- Jo Rhett Network/Software Engineer Net Consonance ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-26 Thread Jo Rhett
of large ISPs. This kind of response just makes me think I'm wasting my time. -- Jo Rhett Network/Software Engineer Net Consonance ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-26 Thread Jo Rhett
--On 24 March 2008 18:07:29 -0700 Jo Rhett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, as stated your proposal sounds either naive or insane. No insult intended. On Wed, March 26, 2008 3:07 am, Ian Eiloart wrote: Please, think harder about what you write to the list. If you left an insult in there that you

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-26 Thread Jo Rhett
-open SPF records, and right or wrong those people will still report backscatter to the blacklists. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
in person. It has been raised even in the print press. This whole you didn't make us aware of this problem approach you are taking here is... got no good words for this without being rude. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
we do. Hyperbole like this wastes everyone's time. I don't care what is done. Do something that makes it better. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
know of has done store and forward since the mid 90s. It defeats most spam control methods. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatterin default installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
megabytes of main memory in 1992. It's not a hard problem, and *every* modern mail system handles this properly. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatterindefault installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
On Mar 25, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: Eino Tuominen wrote: You are missing the point. Of course you can inform of a delivery problem, but only when you really need to do it. That's not what Jo Rhett seems to be saying at http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2008

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatterin default installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
. Mail, like The Internet of 1990, yes, you're right. I was there. By 1993 everyone was already changing course, and by 1997 the Internet you're talking about didn't exist any more. Move along. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
not forget about it again? -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatterin default installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
a campaing forging sender addresses to look like ours. All the backscatter that is not absolutely necessary is evil. Not all bounces are backscatter. My servers all deliver DSNs to the sender. My servers don't send backscatter. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-25 Thread Jo Rhett
checker into LMTP so that if your MTA supports LMTP delivery the following can happen: worldwildwonderland - SMTP - MM's LMTP - rule checks That sounds like exactly the right solution. When do you think MM3 will be reasonable to use in production? -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-24 Thread Jo Rhett
On Mar 4, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: You see, as Jo Rhett points out (apparently without understanding), it will have *no noticable effect* in the short run because *the proposed change won't affect existing Mailman installations*, not even those that upgrade to 2.1.10. I

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-24 Thread Jo Rhett
held. Nobody in an abuse department receives complaints about mailman servers which are holding their mail. No blacklists exist for mailman servers that hold mail. As long as the server doesn't send back a message about it being Held, doesn't matter in this context. -- Jo Rhett Net

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-24 Thread Jo Rhett
On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Kenneth Porter wrote: On Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:30 PM -0800 Jo Rhett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Don't create backscatter aliases for subscribe/unsubscribe/etc by default. Nearly everyone uses web based signup. 2. Discard or hold messages from non

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-24 Thread Jo Rhett
-mm.py? req=showfile=faq01.027.htp -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-24 Thread Jo Rhett
--On Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:30 PM -0800 Jo Rhett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Don't create backscatter aliases for subscribe/unsubscribe/etc by default. Nearly everyone uses web based signup. On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Kenneth Porter wrote: Here's the list of valid actions from mm

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-24 Thread Jo Rhett
an MX that queues mail for someone else and isn't configured to properly deal with DSNs, then yes, you are stuck in the 20th century. And yes, if your MX host was on our network (and sending DSNs to forged senders) we'd ask you to shut it down. (ask in non-optional sense) -- Jo Rhett Net

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-24 Thread Jo Rhett
2.2, then we're going to put Mailman in the same bin as qmail and say that using it is a violation of the AUP. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-24 Thread Jo Rhett
different blacklists. RTFM backscatter -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

[Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Rhett
with the reality of today. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Rhett
Jo Rhett writes: Hi. There's a fairly simple problem here that needs to be addressed. And it's mostly a documentation/install problem. I'm hoping we can get this resolved before the next release. On Mar 4, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Which next release? 2.1.10, which

Re: [Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter indefault installation

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Rhett
in Mailman 2.2. Of course we object to DSNs from MTAs. No shipping mailserver currently sends DSNs to accepted mail by default. Most of them haven't for like 10 years. And yes, we absolutely ban qmail from use unless the person patches it to the moon to solve its problems. -- Jo Rhett Net

[Mailman-Developers] status of backscatter prevention?

2007-05-04 Thread Jo Rhett
of this? -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http