Re: Can we please refuse mail to the list from list addresses?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can we please refuse mail to the list from list addresses?
Date: 2007-11-27 19:35:42
Message-ID: 20071127193542.GH31625@alvh.no-ip.org
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Magnus Hagander wrote:

> In general, I'd say the postgresql.org mailservers shouldn't accept any
> mail (unauthenticated) that's from an @postgresql.org address. But IIRC
> someone was still relaying unauthenticated mail through there the last
> time I proposed that :-)

I'm not sure what you're saying here. In your enhanced world, if I send
an email from alvherre(at)postgresql(dot)org to a pg list and relay it through
a Command Prompt server, will it bounce?

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