Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1156 mails)

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just spam the serversending...wouldin't that wake them up????i dunno
   it's their fault(i dunno all the technical params)sorry
it just seems that the server should be alerted of a bounce

yours truly,

        #FrAcTeL23#

Juergen Braukmann wrote:

> Hubert Mantel wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, 5 May 1998, Braden N. McDaniel wrote:
> >
> > > Would refusing non-subscriber submissions curb this at all?
> >
> > Yes, but this would cause other problems: Several people are posting from
> > another account than they subscribed, so this would become impossible.
>
> I appreciate that possibility. For the risks: Well, I've tried procmail
> and I think I've to file all those RE: messages quoting the whole
> rubbish to the /dev/zero folder ;-)
> >
> > > Yeah, I know this isn't you guys' fault--but nonetheless, it's gotten rather
> > > ridiculous. I seem still to be receiving the backed-up notifications even
> > > now.
> >
> > Yes, it's bad. But there are not only mails in our queue but also at
> > surf.be ;-(
> >
> > > Prismatic Booger
> > > Braden N. McDaniel, braden@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > <<A HREF="http://www.shadow.net/0.000000E+00braden/";><A HREF="http://www.shadow.net/0.000000E+00braden/</A">http://www.shadow.net/0.000000E+00braden/</A</A>>>
> >
> >     Hubert
> >
> > PS: Some month ago somebody did set up a procmail file that responded to
> > _every_ mail of the german list. In one night this guy did produce more
> > than 100.000 mails. It took more than a day to get rid of them (apparently
> > he was connecting via UUCP, so mails were coming in quite some time after
> > unsubscribing him).
>
> Oh, I remember him. Think he had to buy a free beer for everyone on the
> list. ;-)
> Wanted to be wise, tell everybody that unsubscribed into the list to
> unsubscribe at majordomo (hello Patrick are you still with the list ;-))
> with his procmail. unfortunetely the dreadful words appear in every
> mail...
>
> Jürgen
>
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