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l : letterrip-talk@lists.letterrip.com 20 September 2008 • 8:24AM -0400

Preventing Backscatter
by Rev. Eric J. Stefanski

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Backscatter is becoming more of a problem, and I can only see it  
getting worse. I'm sure that programming LR to compare the domains of  
From: and Reply-To: headers (or something similar) would be a pain,  
so: is there a way to turn OFF 1) the -on and -off addresses and 2)  
the "not allowed to post" responses?

I'm thinking that if there is *not* a way to do the former, that  
adding a From: "-on@" to the Rejection strings might be a work-
around, but I can't think of a way to take care of the latter.

Either way, I think I'm going to go for the former (if that would  
actually eat those messages) and just set up web forms that send a  
subscribe listname message to the Requests address, as what's really  
getting bombarded is the -on and -off...usually with something virus-
laden, which then ends up being sent (truncated though it is, it's  
still recognizable) to spam traps, etc.

Advice, tricks, etc., welcome!

* * * * * * * * An Approach to Liturgical Style - 16 of 28 * * * * *  
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  Be consistent; when the worshiper has become attuned to the  
'dialect' of
    the Divine Service, he will become impatient or confused if he finds
      it being incessantly changed.

The Rev. Eric J. Stefanski                                
revski@CAT4...
Confess And Teach For Unity   http://www.CAT41.org   Lists:  
info@CAT4...
Holy Trinity Ev.-Luth. Church, Harrison, AR   http://
www.HolyTrinityLC.com

* * * * *  Adapted from Strunk & White, ~The Elements of Style~  * *  
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