On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Stan Goodman wrote:
Santiago Vila wrote:
It is a way to implement closed-loop confirmation of subscriptions, (aka double opt-in) using cookies, like any modern mailing list manager is expected to do these days (so that you can't subscribe an address to the list if you can't read mail sent to such address).
It's my understanding that Smartlist is not really considered by those who know their way around the subject far better than me to fall in the category of "modern mailing list manager". [...]
Yes, I agree. I did not mean to say that SmartList was a "modern" MLM. I really meant the opposite: As SmartList does not have confirmation of subscriptions by default, which is a very important feature these days, you should probably not use SmartList without the confirm add-on.
Try using a good DNSBL, if you don't use any yet. cbl.abuseat.org would be a good start.
Also, try using a MTA which has HELO checks and use them.
I confess that the initials flummox me (I think I remember the underground rapid transit system in Singapore being called the Metropolitan Transit Authority).
MTA: Mail Transport Agent, i.e. postfix, exim, sendmail, etc.
Worse yet, there does not seem to be a server at cbl.abuseat.org, so I can't hope to find out there.
http://cbl.abuseat.org works for me.