Re: rc.local config question

** Reply to message from Santiago Vila <[email protected]> on Sat, 08 Jan 2005
11:42:32 +0100 (CET)


> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Stan Goodman wrote:
> 
> > Could I ask for a brief description of what this confirm package is? Is it a
> > way to filter incoming messages (from subscribers) from the increasing amount
> > of spam messages? I would be very interested in such a script.
> 
> It is a way to implement closed-loop confirmation of subscriptions,
> (aka double opt-in) using cookies, like any modern mailing list manager
> is expected to do these days (so that you can't subscribe an address
> to the list if you can't read mail sent to such address).

It's my understanding that Smartlist is not really considered by those who know
their way around the subject far better than me to fall in the category of
"modern mailing list manager".  I would look for a more modern one, but the
manager I use is what is made available to me by the hosting service where my
list and my website reside. I have no control over that.

> > My list is moderated, so none of the incoming crap ever gets distributed, but
> > it is an annoying PITA to even see it.
> 
> Try using a good DNSBL, if you don't use any yet.
> cbl.abuseat.org would be a good start.
> 
> Also, try using a MTA which has HELO checks and use them.

I confess that the initials flummox me (I think I remember the underground
rapid transit system in Singapore being called the Metropolitan Transit
Authority). Worse yet, there does not seem to be a server at cbl.abuseat.org,
so I can't hope to find out there.

> _______________________________________________
> Smartlist mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/smartlist

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

"When your enemy falls, do not rejoice." -- Proverbs 24:17

vegetarian n. (vej-e-tar'-i-an) From an archaic Amerindian word meaning "Unsuccessful Hunter"