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Re: lists.debian.org has received bounces from you



On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:40:59 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:

> Walter Hurry wrote:
>> Bob,
>> 
>> This is all sensible advice, but it does not sound to me as though OP
>> is handling his own email; the address concerned is
>> debianlist@videotron.ca - videotron.ca appears to be an ISP/email
>> provider, and I have a hunch that the address is one of OP's own with
>> that provider.
> 
> If the OP is using his ISP email then he is at the mercy of their
> policies.  That is just the way that it is.  But most ISPs don't bounce
> spam because of the backscatter problem.  Not to mention false
> positives.  Instead they usually file it into a junk folder for later
> perusal and discard.

Exactly - see my other post in this thread.

> On this debian-user list a high percentage of
> people are doing their own technical support.  It is possible that the
> OP is simply forwarding email through that address and off to his own
> server.  Or many other possibilities.  Hard to know.  That is why I was
> saying "if this" and "if that".
> 
> In the end the best answer was to read the posted FAQ url documentation
> and get the straight answer from there.

No disagreement on that.



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