[40195] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: trapdoor.merit.edu and other impatient Postfix mailers everywhere
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Ewasiuk)
Fri Aug 3 01:14:32 2001
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:10:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gordon Ewasiuk <gewasiuk@gnmc.net>
To: Mitch Halmu <mitch@netside.net>
Cc: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.1010803002957.1785F-100000@sunny.netside.net>
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On Today, Mitch Halmu wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Chris Adams wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time, Matt Martini <martini@invision.net> said:
>> > I never liked the idea of someone else, with an agenda that I'm sure
>> > doesn't coinside with mine, telling me who I should talk to or not. When
>> > the source code defaulted to using these "services" that's when I bailed on
>> > sendmail.
>>
>> You must be talking about some other MTA. Sendmail has never defaulted
>> to using any of the MAPS (or any other DNS-based) lists.
>>
>> You don't think DJB has an agenda?
>
>Relevant sendmail source code extracted:
>
>http://www.dotcomeon.com/release_notes.html
>
>Quote: "The default is rbl.maps.vix.com." Never say never again ;)
Make it sttooppppppppppppp.
that server is the default for a feature that isn't even ENABLED by
default and appears to be part of an OPTIONAL m4 that you would have to
MANUALLY add. blah blah blah.
Another line for .procmailrc...*SIGH*
-Gordo
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