Re: the Packages files should get to mirrors last -- no swarthy emails

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> How entertaining, responding to an email, I was blocked, being from an
> "unwashed" country.
>
> They send to me, and then when I reply to them, "Sorry sir, swarthy
> countries aren't allowed."
>
> <<< 550-All mail from countries with no known correspondents to users at this site
> <<< 550-is rejected.  Please see http://ursine.ca/article.pl?sid=04/06/26/239204 or
> <<< 550 contact postmaster@ursine.ca for more information.
> 550 <baloo@ursine.ca>... User unknown
> Reporting-MTA: dns; smtp3.apol.com.tw
>
> OK, I'll check the URLs later. Just thought it was entertaining.
>
> Wait! I'm one of you, check the name, check the website photo, see,
> I'm just like your, I'm just located in the land of Them, wait wait
> please give me another chance!  I can prove it, we've got the same
> goals and values, see, I can recite the Pledge of Allegiance, Mary had
> a Little Lamb, etc. Remember Rocky and Bullwinkle on TV? No no no
> don't deport my email....
>
> Me?  I am careful not to deliver faces slaps no matter how swarthy:
> http://jidanni.org/comp/spam/index_en.html At worst they would get no
> reply, auto or not.
>  

The 550 message is not a reply, it's a refusal to accept. A reply would 
be generated later, once the message is accepted.

I'm not sure that I agree with the list of countries, but for sure I'm 
happy to reject all mail from China and Korea. AFAIk I've never 
exchainged email with anyone in China, though I have with Taiwan, and 
with one person in Korea. The amount of spam I get from those countries 
outweighs  any benefit that might acrue to me for accepting mail from them.




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John

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