Re: [Evolution] Is it just me?

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 18:47 +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> List,
>
> I run Postfix 2.1 and use pcre-regexp header/mime header checks (mime
> headers are actually in the message body). These check for (many)
> Microsoft extensions (exe, vbs, vba, pif, zip and lots of others) and
> reject (smtp 550) them. So my mail server refuses to receive them.
>
> I'm at present refusing 2-3 per day *claiming* to be from this list (my
> Postfix logs say so). The reason's long and involved, but I can't
> readily check whether this is "backscatter" (Wietse Venema word for
> false MAIL FROM:s) or whether they really do come from the Evo list.

Sure you can.  Check the archives:
http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2004-April/036461.html

> If they really are from the list, then shame on the maintainer. If they
> aren't, then my apologies to the maintainer, I can accept them and
> simply direct them to /dev/null instead.

I think the list server is admitting some backscatter that claims to be
sent by list subscribers (this may be all that the list checks).  I
don't have access to the subscriber list, though, so I can't be sure.

> I'd appreciate a (non-swear)word as to what might be the actual cause.

What do I look like, Jack Valenti? ;-)
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V124/N20/ValentiIntervie.20f.html

-Mark Gordon