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Re: More on spam



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On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 10:47:57PM -0400, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> Why does debian.org expose end-users email addresses for spammers or 
> virus-spreaders to utilize?

Because there are readily available, easily implimented solutions to
both problems that don't involve hindering legitimate response.
Because Debian is an open community and doing so would be hypocritical.

Go get sa-exim and impliment my solution to reject viruses at SMTP and
none of this is an issue anymore.
http://ursine.ca/~baloo/

Stop trying to fix the problem by changing everyone else, instead,
secure your system against these kinds of attacks.  Duh.

- -- 
 .''`.     Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
: :'  :    
`. `'`     proud Debian admin and user
  `-  Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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