Re: robots [ was Re: Alternative Identities ]:wq
Er, I fell in this trap too.
It seems like my yesterday messages were blocked (graylisted) in some
way by that robot, and today, after following a link (now inactive) [1]
from a trashmail, my messages were let in.
This is not fair at all.
Due to the transitory nature of this annoyance, I posted the annoying
message I received (if I had not followed its instructions, seems like
my mailbox had been graylisted to this mailing list ) on
http://paste.lisp.org/display/64384
I cleaned up some headers leaving evidence of the unfair subscriber.
On 20080725@10:44, David Champion wrote:
> > Question for people who post here more frequently than I do - is it
> > normal to get a challenge/response mail from robot@xxxxxxxxxxx when
> > posting here ?
>
> It's typical (I get one every time I post), but it's not normal (in the
> sense that it shouldn't happen). Challenge/response should never be
> used for mail that you receive as a list member; it's really, really
> irritating to other list members. It's understandable (if somewhat
> annoying) as a posting filter on a list -- just not as a receiving
> filter on your personal subscription.
>
> I'd like to see the subscriber in question removed from the list --
> evidently he's not getting list mail anyway.
>
> --
> -D. dgc@xxxxxxxxxxxx NSIT University of Chicago