on Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 08:56:36AM +0200, Rico -mc- Gloeckner (mc@ukeer.de) wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 05:40:46PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > If possible, perhaps you could consider whitelisting common debian.org
> > address by default? [Things like *@debian.org, *@lists.debian.org,
> > *@bugs.debian.org, etc.]
>
> And would probably defeat the purpose since spammers would know which
> adresses they have to spoof into the From: Header.
>
> Furthermore, if spammers got that, it might happen that they use
> debian.org adresses as sensible default for From: Adresses which will
> raise the amount of Bounces to debian.org. That sounds like a great way
> for the Project to shoot itself into the feet.
That would be an example of #0. With a twist.
Peace.
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