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Tom Eastep

Copyright © 2001-2004 Thomas M. Eastep

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2004-01-28

Note

If you are reporting a problem or asking a question, you are at the wrong place -- please see the Shorewall Support Guide.

Mailing Lists are Moderated for Non-Member Posts

Given the recent problems associated with the MyDoom virus (and the more annoying problem of clueless mail admins who configure their AV software to spam innocent bystanders during a virus storm), the Shorewall lists are now moderated for non-member posts. It is also a good idea to mention that you are a non-member so that people will include you in the CC list when replying.

Please post in plain text

A growing number of MTAs serving list subscribers are rejecting all HTML traffic. At least one MTA has gone so far as to blacklist shorewall.net "for continuous abuse" because it has been my policy to allow HTML in list posts!!

I think that blocking all HTML is a Draconian way to control spam and that the ultimate losers here are not the spammers but the list subscribers whose MTAs are bouncing all shorewall.net mail. As one list subscriber wrote to me privately "These e-mail admin's need to get a (explitive deleted) life instead of trying to rid the planet of HTML based e-mail". Nevertheless, to allow subscribers to receive list posts as must as possible, I have now configured the list server at shorewall.net to strip all HTML from outgoing posts. This means that HTML-only posts will be bounced by the list server.

Note: The list server limits posts to 120kb.

Other Mail Delivery Problems

If you find that you are missing an occasional list post, your e-mail admin may be blocking mail whose Received: headers contain the names of certain ISPs. Again, I believe that such policies hurt more than they help but I'm not prepared to go so far as to start stripping Received: headers to circumvent those policies.

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Please do not try to download the entire HTML Archive -- it is 212MB (and growing daily) and my slow DSL line simply won't stand the traffic. If I catch you, you will be blacklisted.

Shorewall CA Certificate

If you want to trust X.509 certificates issued by Shoreline Firewall (such as the one used on my web site), you may download and install my CA certificate in your browser. If you don't wish to trust my certificates then you can either use unencrypted access when subscribing to Shorewall mailing lists or you can use secure access (SSL) and accept the server's certificate when prompted by your browser.

Shorewall Newbies Mailing List

This list provides a place where people who are new to Shorewall can get questions answered and can receive help with problems.

Before posting to this list, please see the problem reporting guidelines.

To subscribe: https//lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-newbies

To post to the list, post to shorewall-newbies@lists.shorewall.net.

The list archives are at http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-newbies.

Shorewall Users Mailing List

The Shorewall Users Mailing list provides a way for users to get answers to questions and to report problems. Information of general interest to the Shorewall user community is also posted to this list.

The Shorewall author does not monitor this list.

Before posting to this list, please see the problem reporting guidelines.

To subscribe: https//lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-users

To post to the list, post to shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net. IMPORTANT: If you are not subscribed to the list, please say so -- otherwise, you will not be included in any replies.

The list archives are at http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-users.

Note that prior to 1/1/2002, the mailing list was hosted at Sourceforge. The archives from that list may be found at www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Sourceforge/9327/0/.

Shorewall Announce Mailing List

This list is for announcements of general interest to the Shorewall community. DO NOT USE THIS LIST FOR REPORTING PROBLEMS OR ASKING FOR HELP.

To subscribe: https://lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-announce.

The list archives are at http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-announce.

Shorewall Development Mailing List

The Shorewall Development Mailing list provides a forum for the exchange of ideas about the future of Shorewall and for coordinating ongoing Shorewall Development. DO NOT USE THIS LIST FOR REPORTING PROBLEMS OR ASKING FOR HELP.

To subscribe to the mailing list: https//lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-devel.

To post to the list, post to shorewall-devel@lists.shorewall.net. 

The list archives are at http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-devel.

How to Unsubscribe from one of the Mailing Lists

There seems to be near-universal confusion about unsubscribing from Mailman-managed lists although Mailman 2.1 has attempted to make this less confusing. To unsubscribe:

A Word about the SPAM Filters at Shorewall.net 

Please note that the mail server at shorewall.net checks incoming mail:

  1. against Spamassassin (including Vipul's Razor).
  2. to ensure that the sender address is fully qualified.
  3. to verify that the sender's domain has an A or MX record in DNS.
  4. to ensure that the host name in the HELO/EHLO command is a valid fully-qualified DNS name.

If you experience problems with any of these lists, please let me know

Not able to Post Mail to shorewall.net?

You can report such problems by sending mail to tmeastep at hotmail dot com.

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