Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:26:59AM -0700, Patrick Rittich wrote:
> Adam Hardy wrote:
> >Jon Dowland on 24/08/05 13:54, wrote:
>
> >One thing I would like the list server to munge would be the
> >receipt-confirmation header (or whatever it's called). It seems like a
> >large waste of bandwidth and a heavy punishment to allow all list
> >readers the option to blitz an unsuspecting poster with receipt
> >confirmations.
> >
> Agreed. Whenever I see those receipt confirmations come up I always
> think of spammers getting hundreds of them back, confirmation of a valid
> email address.
Except, of course, that spammers don't use their own machines to send
spam. Instead they break in and turn other people's machines into
spam-sending zombies.
-- hendrik
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