Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE8C9FB826 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:18:37 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 84014-07 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:18:29 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from main2.mycybernet.net (main2.mycybernet.net [209.222.63.140]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB92F9FB887 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:18:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 227-54-222-209.mycybernet.net ([209.222.54.227] helo=crankycanuck.ca) by main2.mycybernet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Ihq3Q-0005qh-UW for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:18:05 -0400 Received: by crankycanuck.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 84F1B3F9E; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:17:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:17:57 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Mail setup broken (still/again?) Message-ID: <20071016171757.GO3255@crankycanuck.ca> References: <20071016085209.GD22159@svr2.hagander.net> <20071016140750.GF3255@crankycanuck.ca> <3509D6C66029EDED469CF3C0@ganymede.hub.org> <4714EAE4.6030004@hagander.net> <4714EE66.6020005@hagander.net> <8973E293B7A0AA4DC40D2766@ganymede.hub.org> <20071016101330.10647f7d@scratch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071016101330.10647f7d@scratch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200710/112 X-Sequence-Number: 12699 On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:13:30AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > So why haven't we just blocked mx3.cc.teu.ac.jp at the firewall? > Just because an MX happens to initiate spam doesn't mean it's not also a legitimate mail source. On a private domain, I would have no difficulty blocking it, but on a community service like this, it seems dodgier to me, A -- Andrew Sullivan | ajs@crankycanuck.ca This work was visionary and imaginative, and goes to show that visionary and imaginative work need not end up well. --Dennis Ritchie