[Mailman-Developers] before next release: disable backscatter in default installation

[Jo Rhett]

> Jo Rhett writes:
>> Hi.  There's a fairly simple problem here that needs to be
>> addressed.  And it's mostly a documentation/install problem.  I'm
>> hoping we can get this resolved before the next release.

On Mar 4, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>
> Which "next release"?  2.1.10, which is deep into beta at this point?
> I would strongly oppose any substantial change in default behavior for
> the 2.1.10 release.  It is way too late for that.

This is not substantive, it's trivial.  This change has a zero chance  
of affecting legitimate traffic to existing sites.  It would only  
affect new installations.

However, it's significantly relevant to the thousands of people  
receiving backscatter from mailman hosts every day.

-- 
Jo Rhett
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