Oops -- that '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' was me (Samuel Scarano) -- there's no such thing as tumbolia.debian.org -- I'm surprised the list server accepted that! What happened was, I sent the message using mh (from my laptop, which is (and was) connected via the t1 we have at my job), which tries to send mail as if my computer has a real hostname. Usually it just gets rejected and I remember that I can't do that and proceed to try again using tkrat, which is configured to use my university's smtp server to send messages.
Does anyone know why lists.debian.org accepted my message despite: 1) the invalid hostname, and 2) the fact that no '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' is subscribed to the list? Just to be clear, I'm not affiliated with Debian, and didn't send that message from some mythical tumbolia.debian.org -- tumbolia is the hostname I gave my laptop (brownie points if you know the reference :-) and I guess debian.org is the default domain name in slink -- unless I got drunk and entered that myself.... Another question I have, which has been bothering me for a while (and believe me, I have RTFM), is: how do I tell mh to use a remote smtp server? On 17 Jun, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What's the deal with spam? I mean, on the mailing list signup page, > there's a message about an automatic $1000 fee for spam; does SPI ever > actually collect on this? > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > [blah,blah,blah] >>as it is not our intention to spam but to let individuals know about >>advertising their software. >> >>Best Regards, >>Frank Warwick >>Editor >>Icon Shareware > > OK, so we got the S.O.B. red-handed -- now can SPI nail "Icon > Shareware" (or him) with a law suit or what? Or am I just too naive? > >
