Tryign to send mail via a python script by using the local MTA

[Joel Goldstick]

In honour of the value of mailing lists in general lets stop this thread
since once again the troll pattern repeats ad infinitum.

At least if you want to add to this nonsense, read each of the (several?)
dozen entries.

1. a seemingly earnest question is asked with something to do with python.
The question looks like it is from an very anxious novice
2. errors are pointed out in the sloppiness of the code and as an aside,
the value of code in general is questioned since it is based on assumptions
that are completely muddled, misunderstood
3. people start to laugh and grouse "here we go again"
4. The troll whines back that he asked a good and question and people are
being mean to him
5. He draws more people into the thread who feel bad he was maligned.
6. the thread seems to go on with some (faux) value as people probe the the
basis of the discussion further
7. The troll, ignores every single bit of useful information provided that
doesn't serve his interest in keeping this going by slightly altering the
questions, or posing new variants, or raising hair-brain notions.  In other
words he is not discussion his own question, he is TROLLING to keep the
thread alive.
8. Someone notices the cycle is complete.

Go back for a year to every question asked by the troll who goes by Nikos
or Ferrous, or 2 or three other email address (in the same thread!) and see
if any of them don't follow this pattern.  If you are new here and think
this guy is worth your time, you are wasting everyone's time and memory
space or disk space to add to these threads

Ok, I won't do it again.


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Heiko Wundram <modelnine at modelnine.org>wrote:

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> Am 17.09.2013 01:41, schrieb Steven D'Aprano:
> > I cannot fathom for the life of me a legitimate reason for your
> > website to use a fake IP address and hostname when sending email.
>
> In addition to that: it's amazing that Nikos thinks TCP will still
> work in the presence of spoofed IP addresses. Email without TCP is a
> challenge, at the least.
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Joel Goldstick
http://joelgoldstick.com
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