> -----Original Message----- > From: David Phillips [SMTP:david at acz.org] > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 9:36 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Testing sender verification on tclug-list > > Ben Lutgens writes: > > Becuase people often try to send out mail with an errant "From:" > > setup in thier mailer and when other folks try to reply it gets > > bounced. But it can't bounce because it's an invalid address... > > So? Would you rather have someone forge your email address and have all > the > bounces go to you? That's what this "solution" encourages. > > -- > David Phillips <david at acz.org> > http://david.acz.org/ > Personally, I think both solutions fall a bit short as BOTH have downsides. Life is a compromise we might as well get used to it. We all have different areas we accept compromise in. If one's compromise makes someone else go a little postal, that's life. Ok, long story short. This is not worth arguing over when *nix has so many other good arguments we could be having. Text editors, standards, window managers, shells, programming languages, code comments, etc. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list