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Re: Are the GCC lists intended to be open lists?
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- To: jbuck at synopsys dot com
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 02 21:23:51 EST
- Subject: Re: Are the GCC lists intended to be open lists?
This is getting off-topic, but ...
You aren't blocked because you have a cable modem, but because you have a
dynamic IP address and hence you can't be traced back to your specific
machine should you spew spam.
Sure you can, via DHCP logs for one thing.
That would allow for tracing: if the user tries to spam under this
setup, the recipient can complain to the ISP and the ISP can track
down the offender (assuming a non-spam-friendly ISP that actually
cares).
If what you say about nontracability above is true, then the person is
equally nontracable in that scenario since it's exactly the same problem
except with the ISP's server instead of the addressee's server.