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Re: off-topic: SPAM


  • From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
  • To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
  • Cc: <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: off-topic: SPAM
  • Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:41:09 -0400
  • Message-id: <87wsmm6flm(dot)fsf(at)oxford(dot)xeocode(dot)com>

"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:

> 'k, just checked and yes, we have blocked one Brazil domain in the past because
> of this issue:
>
> subscribe
> deny,  reason="uol.com.br requires non-spam confirmation .. "
> /@uol.com.br/i || /Moniquechristien(at)cs(dot)com/i
>
> So we could add similar ... but, the question comes back to if they have a spam
> confirmation required, how is email getting to them in order to subscribe them
> in the first place?  The only way I can think of is that this is a feature that
> has been added *since* they registered ...

What does uol.com.br have to do with infotecnica.com.br? Are you sure this
wasn't a similar but unrelated case?

Another possible answer to the question is that someone was frustrated by the
ban and subscribed at a different address then forwarded the mail.

-- 
  Gregory Stark
  EnterpriseDB          http://www.enterprisedb.com
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