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Re: Any recommendations for off-line CVS/egcs work?

> At 03:16 PM 2/11/99 -0000, you wrote:
> >[Another old message of mine that was rejected.  The *good news* is
> >that the SMTP server that sends out my email, 199.172.62.20, is no
> >longer listed at ORBS, so egcs.cygnus.com is now accepting my emails,
> >some of which are old.  But this was old enough to have been deleted
> >before that happened.]
> 
> ORBS?
> Why would the egcs list reject someone's mail?

It's spam protection: if you're from a site that is a significant source
of spam, more and more of the world will simply cut you off (by refusing
to accept your mail).