I find this *really* annoying

[Paul Lussier]

"Steven W. Orr" <steveo at syslang.net> writes:

> I just read your message and all the other replys that sprang forth.
>
> I am running a sendmail server off my cablemodem as well. Anytime I get a 
> message delivery failure because of reason of coming from a dynamic 
> address pool, I just add them to my mailertable and rebuild. Here's my 
> mailertable:

Of course I can do that.  The point is *I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO!*.  I
don't want my mail getting relayed through my ISP.  My e-mail is none
of their business (unless, perhaps, it negatively impacts their
business:) 

But they have no need to know:

 - to whom I send e-mail
 - when I send e-mail
 - from where I send e-mail

Or any of the other things one can discern simply by watching mail
traffic logs (not to mention what they could learn by actually reading
the mail content itself!)

If I want to send e-mail to Derek, and I know he runs his own domain,
why should my e-mail go from my mail server, through who knows how
many other relays, and eventually to Derek's, when my mail server can
speak directly with his?

Replace Derek with any one else who runs a domain and mail server for it.
For example, GNHLUG?

I don't want to have to:
 - watch for bounces for every e-mail I sent

 - update my mailertable for every freaking domain I attempt to send to

 - restart my MTA (or at least have re-read the mailertable) after 
   updating it

 - re-send my e-mail for  every freaking domain I attempt to send to
   but which bounced, and for which I just updated my mailertable

 - and hope I don't have to go back to step one because somethiing
   else is now wrong.

I have 2 choices, I can "suck it up" and play that game, or I can just
not send e-mail to those domains blocking me due to stupidity.  In
*nost cases* I've found that I really don't care enough about those
people for which my mail bounces to play that game.  Ben happens to
fall into that category.  Not that I don't care about Ben, but almost
no mail I have ever sent, or will ever send to Ben is that important.
Therefore, I'll likely see the bounce, get annoyed, and move on with
my life.

Fortunately, most of the mail lists I'm on are run by admins who seem
to either have a clue, or at least have not yet decided to implement
RBLs like SORBS :)

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Seeya,
Paul