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Re: Mailserver: DNS Check for From:
- To: N8TM at aol dot com
- Subject: Re: Mailserver: DNS Check for From:
- From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br>
- Date: 22 Aug 1999 12:52:36 -0300
- Cc: jsm at cygnus dot com, pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <bba5a231.24f0389d@aol.com>
On Aug 21, 1999, N8TM@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/21/99 9:06:33 AM PST, jsm@cygnus.com writes:
>> If the gcc maintainers came to a decision that they wanted to reject
>> this type of header, then I'd be willing to look in to it (or Jeff could).
> What I find more annoying is to spend some time answering a posting with no
> obvious anti-spam address and then find out that replies are blocked. I'm
> guessing that no measure taken by the gcc maintainers would solve this, as
> the gcc site may have been specifically un-blocked by the sender.
I dislike when I get such a delivery error too, but the fact that a
copy of the message went to the GCC mailing list means the time spent
on the reply was not wasted. It's just that the original poster will
only get it if he subscribes the list or reads the archives, but
others may benefit from the reply as well.
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