Shorewall Mailing Lists
Tom Eastep
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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 (expletive
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.
Please don't hijack another poster's thread
On shorewall.net as elsewhere, it is considered very bad netiquette to
hijack another poster's thread by simply replying to a list post and
changing the subject to a different one. Please start a new thread when
you wish to introduce a new topic for discussion.
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.
Mailing Lists Archive Search
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 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.
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.
Shorewall Newbies Mailing List (Closed)
This list previously provided a place where people who are new to
Shorewall could
get questions answered and could receive help with problems. It proved
to be less that a success and has been discontinued.
To unsubscribe: https//lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-newbies
The list archives are at http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-newbies.
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:
-
Follow the same link above that you used to
subscribe to the list.
-
Down at the bottom of that page is the following
text: " To unsubscribe from <list name>,
get a password reminder, or change your subscription options
enter your subscription email address:". Enter your email address in
the box and click on the "Unsubscribe or edit
options" button.
-
There will now be a box where you can enter your
password and click on "Unsubscribe"; if you have forgotten your
password, there is another button that will cause your password
to be emailed to you.
A Word about the SPAM Filters at Shorewall.net
Please note that the mail server at shorewall.net checks
incoming mail:
- against Spamassassin
(including Vipul's Razor).
- to ensure that the sender address is
fully qualified.
- to verify that the sender's domain has an A or MX record in DNS.
- 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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