At 02:21 p.m. 9/06/2005, you wrote:
>WOW, this sucks!
>
>Not only does Dan Langille insist on keeping all the email addresses in the archives in a spam harvestable form, but he is also allowing his server to operate an open relay, so anyone from any email address can spam the list!

Kevin Hardie or Mikey or whatever your name is,

I'm not an expert but I don't think this fit's the normal definition of an 'open relay'. Yes it's 'open' but it will only 'relay' to people who subscribed to the ADSL list. If you don't like the fact that it's open, don't subscribe. Having said that, I do think nowadays it's a bad idea to leave it open but until and unless was start receiving spam, I don't really care personally.

If I remember correctly, previously, the normal lists/addresses were open. Then one sad day, we started receiving spam. Dan quickly moved to close the lists as had obviously become necessary. If he had not, I would have unsubscribed. End of story. I believe Dan pointed out at the time, the lists had been open since they started. I personally think it's better if lists such as this one are open but sadly, it just isn't possible nowadays.

So far, the worst problems we've had have been from away messages from people subscribed to the list not general spam

In this case, I'm guessing he made a mistake and didn't close the alternative address you used which will also send to the list. This was a mistake, but not a serious problem and should be easily fixable. The fact that you looked for a different address/hole and then send the above e-mail suggests to me that you have nothing better to do then to look for ways to make fun of Dan. If you were just looking for holes, you could simply e-mailed Dan after finding out the problem. Point being, get over it and get a life.

BTW, if you want to continue to discuss this, please keep it off list (I will ignore you in any case)

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