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* On 2004.06.10, in <80158756-BACD-11D8-A851-000393AF450E@xxxxxxx.xxx>,
* "John Sinteur" <john@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Thank heavens for mail servers that have loop detection. I've seen
> servers go "you authenticate" "no, YOU authenticate" to each other
> until they got the kill -9...
I truly loathe systems that require my to demonstrate my humanity before
my mail will be released from quarantine. Especially if it's in reply
to their inquiry, but really in any case. For fun, I write procmail
rules to simulate such systems, and I make an effort to create mail
loops whenever I get such crud. ("I have an extremely wide pipe. Do you,
dipstick?")
Also, when I get such challenges from someone who thinks I've sent them
this or that forged spam or virus, I assure them straightaway that I
did indeed. This is the only time I respond properly to verification
systems.
> I always make it a point to send a polite phrased message to the mail
> admins, telling them in friendly terms what I'm going to repleat in
> plain words here: they look like incompetent dorks and total fuckwits
> for having selected said piece of shit. And I urge them to complain
This is when it's useful to postmaster for 25,000 accounts, some of
whom are Very Important. I explain politely to these admins that their
AV software is really only intensifying the problem, and could they
please disable that option. Sometimes they respond, "oh, thanks, I
didn't realize". When they don't respond at all, I offer them relief by
rejecting mail from their domains to mine.
The AV companies don't care about my opinion, but sufficient public
backlash against their actual customers might reflect some concern.
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