Re: [Groff] goodbye to the groff list

[MJ Ray]

On 2004-04-22 09:21:15 +0100 Jim Reid <address@hidden> wrote:

> The list's mail system is inadequate. Take a look at the mail headers
> in the most recent virus/worm message. There's no Message-Id, a good
> indication the message is bogus.

Yes, this is a theory that I have come to, too.

> This tells us that the SMTP connection came from 213.139.47.21 and
> that reverse DNS for this IP address doesn't work. That's another good
> indication of a spam source.

No, getting prompt reverse DNS from many ISPs here is tricky, believe 
me. It's a very unreliable indicator.

> The more important point is the mail administrators at ffii.org aren't
> doing a good enough job. Nobody seems to be able to do anything about
> that.

I think we only identified the real problems in the last few days. 
Before that, it was mostly more heat than light.

> [...] Roger has volunteered
> to provide a new home for the list. We should take up that very kind
> offer and abandon the ffii.org list to get clogged with spam and virus
> crap.

If this list becomes hosted on LSoft Listserv, which was broken last I 
saw and legally forbids being fixed, then I for one will not 
subscribe. This problem is partly caused by non-free software 
inadequacies, so it seems stupid to use more of it.

I want to try fixing ffii.org before junking it.

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