Re: TMDA considered harmful

2004-07-13 Thread David Fokkema
On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 08:17:39PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> The only response I send to challenges is a response to postmaster to > >> stop using TMDA. I'm wondering if there's any good resources on the web > >> that summarize the harms of TMDA,

Re: TMDA considered harmful

2004-07-13 Thread Steve Lamb
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > Too bad I haven't found a filter program that comes anywhere close to > approaching the simplicity of tmda. The rules are *so freaking easy* to > implement. This is a good thing. What about Exim's own filtering? I find that rather easy to implement yet retaining q

Re: TMDA considered harmful

2004-07-12 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-07-13, Paul Johnson penned: > > So, in essence, TMDA's unfortunate creep in popularity is extremely > harmful because it threatens to very quickly double or triple the > damage spam causes. Too bad I haven't found a filter program that comes anywhere close to approaching the simplicity of

Re: TMDA considered harmful

2004-07-12 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 23:17, Paul Johnson wrote: > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> The only response I send to challenges is a response to postmaster to > >> stop using TMDA. I'm wondering if there's any good resources on the web > >> that summarize the harms of TMDA, and if so, w

Re: TMDA considered harmful

2004-07-12 Thread John Summerfield
Paul Johnson wrote: Ask Karsten M. Self. I have no idea where his stuff is. He has written or researched on a myriad of things. TMDA included. Is Karsten still posting here? Here or d-i. Can't spell his name tho:-) He gave a broken link to his website in the last day or so. -- Cheers Jo

Re: TMDA considered harmful

2004-07-12 Thread Paul Johnson
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The only response I send to challenges is a response to postmaster to >> stop using TMDA. I'm wondering if there's any good resources on the web >> that summarize the harms of TMDA, and if so, where they are located. > > Ask Karsten M. Self. I have no i

Re: TMDA considered harmful

2004-07-12 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 22:35, Paul Johnson wrote: > Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>> - The premise that responses to challenges can be reliably predicted > >>> is false. Legitimate senders will refuse to answer challenges. > >

TMDA considered harmful

2004-07-12 Thread Paul Johnson
Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> - The premise that responses to challenges can be reliably predicted >>> is false. Legitimate senders will refuse to answer challenges. >>> Spammers can and do respond to challenges. >> >> not eno