[Mediawiki-l] Semantic mailing list somewhat reluctant

[Jan Steinman]

> From: Rolf Lampa <rolf.lampa at rilnet.com>
>
> 550-Several RFCs state that you are required to
>    have a postmaster 550-mailbox for each mail domain. This host  
> does not
>    accept mail 550-from domains whose servers reject the postmaster  
> address.

I'd just like to point out that there are good reasons for someone to  
reject the postmaster address.

Just yesterday, I logged in and was greeted by over 4,000 rejected  
emails, all sent to postmaster at bytesmiths.com. One or more spammers  
had just started forging that as the "From:" address in their vile  
utterances, and now I was getting all their "backscatter" from spams  
that failed, for whatever reason, to be delivered. They were coming in  
faster than I could delete them. So I was forced to disable the  
postmaster address.

I am just a tiny one-person ISP, specializing in hosting for artists  
and non-profits. I don't have time to deal with this. So I'll leave it  
disabled for a week or so, then cautiously turn it back on.

:::: Just a middle-aged person in a middle-aged civilization that has  
used half the resources of a middle-aged planet circling a middle-aged  
star in a middle-aged galaxy in a middle-aged universe. Enjoy the ride  
-- it's all downhill from here! ::::
:::: Jan Steinman http://www.EcoReality.org ::::