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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:38:40 +0100
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> > I'm not sure what you're saying here. In your enhanced world, if I
> > send an email from alvherre@postgresql.org to a pg list and relay
> > it through a Command Prompt server, will it bounce?
>
> Yes. Unless the commandprompt server is configured to use SMTP AUTH
> (which in the case of cmd could be an exception, but it can't be the
> rule of course)
Oh so you are saying that commandprompt.com would actually auth to
@hub.org for that particular case?
I think this is a seriously bad idea... too many people auth in
different ways. Sometimes I auth through different boxes depending on
the environment etc...
>
> And yes, I'm aware that quite a number of people won't like that, but
> doing similar things cuts a *lot* of spam at other sites I manage.
>
Well I would prefer to see a trigger that checks the recipient against
known users and aliases. If it doesn't match it is immediately bounced
and we never see it.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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