Re: Mersenne: Net Abuse

1998-11-14 Thread Robert Friberg
Shaun writes: > I think Mr. Derbyshire is trying to prove that he is neither > of the adjectives in his tagline. "smooth" and "straight" are the only adjectives I can see. > For myself, I would rather be silent and thought a fool, > than to open my mouth and remove all doubt.

Mersenne: Net Abuse

1998-11-14 Thread Griffith, Shaun
silent and thought a fool, than to open my mouth and remove all doubt. -Shaun -- From: Paul Derbyshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:52:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Mer

Re: Mersenne: Net abuse

1998-11-13 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 08:54 PM 11/12/98 -0800, you wrote: >I know numerous ISP and private email servers who automatically block any SMTP >from a known 'open relay' server. Usa.net and globalserve.net are not open relays. -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -() < circl

Re: Mersenne: Net abuse

1998-11-13 Thread John R Pierce
>...as I was saying... they have been obnoxious net neighbors for years >although this capricious and inconsistent blocking of arbitrary email >addresses is a new one on me. I know numerous ISP and private email servers who automatically block any SMTP from a known 'open relay' server. There ar

Re: Mersenne: Net abuse

1998-11-12 Thread Saint D
Is all of this really necessary on the list? Does it further the hunt for prime numbers? Kel

Re: Mersenne: Net abuse

1998-11-12 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 03:49 PM 11/12/98 -0800, you wrote: >CRL actually bounces mail from rogue sites and well-known net-abusers. They also bounce mail from usa.net which is neither a rogue site nor a net-abuser, well-known or otherwise. My guess is that they are stupid and moronic and have been suckered into think

Mersenne: Net abuse

1998-11-12 Thread Yuri Sorkin
Will Edgington wrote: > > Paul Derbyshire writes: > >To Yuri Sorkin: your e-mail address bounces... that's not exactly a >friendly gesture, signing on this list with a bogus address. > > Yuri has been on this list and part of GIMPS, including providing and > testing programs, from very