Subj : Newbie question
To : MRO
From : David Gonzalez
Date : Sat Nov 30 2024 11:41 am
Hello MRO!
28 Nov 24 20:02, you wrote to Accession:
You can't fix moron either.
MR> Re: Re: Newbie question
MR> By: Accession to Digital Man on Thu Nov 28 2024 05:55 pm
>> Hello Digital,
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 28 2024 13:16:46 -0600, you wrote ..
>>
>> > I'm not in any hurry to address this in SBBSecho. The problem is
>> > with the originator's configuration: they need an origin line in
>> > their echomail messages. It's a critical source of metadata (the
>> > originator's address) in all echomail messages.
>>
>> Understood and you know this, I know this, and others know this.
>> However, the half a dozen or more times the solution has been given
>> to the originator it has gone completely ignored. There's only so
>> much we can do. You can lead a horse to water etc etc. *shrug*
>>
MR> Well you can't fix stupid. You can't do a work around each time
MR> someone does something stupid. Remember a while back a person wanted
MR> DM to lock out new users from posting by default in the bbs software
MR> because there were a few spammers?
MR> The best thing to do is warn the person, tell them to use a testing
MR> area only, and if they won't abide, block them.
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