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[Patrick Scott]

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On Mar 20, 2004, at 4:13 PM, Rick Thompson wrote:

> Encartis looks like a nice project, thank you for pointing that out. 
> It does work with qmail according to the docs btw.
>
> I was not endorsing the use of 0spam or any other anti-spam methods. I 
> also didn't want it to go off on a tangent away from the primary issue 
> of why we see that subject so often and what could realistically be 
> done to prevent it.
>
> Rick
>
> At 12:36 PM 3/20/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>
>> On 3/20/2004 11:47 AM, Rick Thompson wrote:
>>> I agree with your sentiments on Qmail and majordomo. Don't get me 
>>> wrong, I have always thought majordomo was a pita to install
>>
>> I recommend ecartis instead: http://www.ecartis.org - Been using it 
>> for years. It's easy to set up, works great, etc. Not sure about how 
>> it works with qmail, because I use postfix, but I imagine it's pretty 
>> much the same.
>>
>> I don't agree with you on your opinion on this btw. Whitelists are a 
>> dumb way to solve the spam problem regardless of how the list 
>> software works. If everyone used a whitelist system, no-one would 
>> ever see the whitelist requests and email would stop working 
>> entirely. Increasing the hassle for everyone trying to send email 
>> simply moves the inconvenience of spam away from the recipient and 
>> into the lap of every single other person sending them mail. I think 
>> that's kind of an arrogant way to behave.
>>
>> I personally like the idea of greylisting, although it has some 
>> problems that need to be overcome before it really takes off, but 
>> it's a good idea. For details see here: 
>> http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/
>>
>> James
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> Sincerely,
> Rick Thompson
>
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