Hello,
okey, i've removed the check for postgresql.org.
OTOH, may I ask how does VERP work at all for the mailing list, if the
returning mails are not handled? Just interested.
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:43:17 +0100
Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Gergely
> Czuczy<gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu> wrote:
> >
> > The following bug has been logged online:
> >
> > Bug reference: =A0 =A0 =A05012
> > Logged by: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Gergely Czuczy
> > Email address: =A0 =A0 =A0gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu
> > PostgreSQL version: 8.4
> > Operating system: =A0 FreeBSD
> > Description: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0mailing list VERP addresses not
> > sender-verifiable Details:
>=20
> This is not a Postgres bug. I would say to please use an appropriate
> channel but, uh, our mailing list maintainers don't really have a good
> channel for reporting such problems :(
>=20
> In any case you should disable SAV. It is well documented to cause
> such problems and is likely to get you banned if you use it on a site
> which receives any significant amount of email from one place (such as
> Postgres lists!).
>=20
> c.f.
>=20
> http://taint.org/2007/03/16/134743a.html
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/sender_address_verification/
>=20
> Fwiw the addresses used in the VERP are not blocked, they're
> greylisted. I suspect that is a mistake and they shouldn't be but
> there's nothing inherently wrong with it the way it is and your SAV
> implementation is just broken. Arguably the very concept of SAV is
> broken though.
>=20
>=20
--=20
=DCdv=F6zlettel / Sincerely,
Gergely CZUCZY
