trapdoor.merit.edu and other impatient Postfix mailers everywhere (fwd)

Fri Aug 3 05:10:18 UTC 2001

On Today, Mitch Halmu wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Chris Adams wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time, Matt Martini <martini at 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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