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Re: Frank Carmickle and Marco Paganini must die



On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 02:35:20PM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 11:27:57PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 09:47:50AM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote:
> > > No, but sending role account mail direct-to-MX from a dialup account is
> > > braindead, as it is well known that dialup addresses are blocked by many 
> > > hosts on the internet.

> > It could equally well be said that those filtering mail from people they
> > requested a reply from in the first place are braindead.

> I think it's reasonable to expect that someone occupying a role account of
> any importance will not (or at least should not) be sending direct-to-MX 
> mail from a dynamic IP.

Really?  I think it's bullshit.  They're not responsible for your
filtering decisions; if you're initiating a dialogue with someone, it's
your problem, not theirs, to ensure that you're not filtering their
responses.

> So the issue becomes "which is more braindead".  Obviously, this is 
> where our opinions differ.

Looks like it.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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