Re: Ok, someone is trying to be funny

From: Michael H. Warfield (mhw@wittsend.com)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 18:51:46 EST

  • Next message: David S. Miller: "Re: Ok, someone is trying to be funny"

    On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:36:46PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:

    > Ok, it seems somebody is running a cron script or similar
    > to keep resubscribing that meltingpot@miralink.com address
    > to linux-kernel.

            So block them using the /etc/mail/access database for sendmail
    and do it with a "451" error code. The data will back up on their
    mail server and start clogging their mail spool till they get a clue.
    (Ok... 5 day expiration on the messages, but ITMT, they get several
    warning and error messages from each too).

    > So if you see the "moderation" message back from a posting
    > you make to linux-kernel, please dont' report it to us here
    > at vger.kernel.org, we know about it.

    > Later,
    > David S. Miller
    > davem@redhat.com

            Mike 

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