ADMINISTRIVIA: problems with spam-block addresses

Dear s.a.r. readers,

it's been pointed out that the moderators.isc.org mail systems
that relay s.a.r. postings from your news server to the moderators
have started to reject postings with invalid domains in the From:
header (e.g. '). This means that postings
with such headers may fail to get to us -- what's more, they may fail
silently and without warning, depending on how your news posting
system is set up. We have no control over the (several) hosts that
service the moderators.isc.org address, so there's not much we can do
about this. For the moment, if you want to send spam-blocked postings,
please e-mail them directly to the submission address:

sci.astro.research (at) slimy.greenend.org.uk

Please be aware that if you do use an invalid e-mail address in your
postings, you will most likely not receive notification if your
posting has been rejected or if editing has been requested.

There is currently no queue of s.a.r. postings awaiting approval. If
you have sent something in the last few days and it hasn't appeared,
this is probably because you've fallen foul of the moderators.isc.org
change, in which case we encourage you to send your posting again.

Thanks,

sci.astro.research moderators.

In article , Moderators
wrote:

Dear s.a.r. readers,

it's been pointed out that the moderators.isc.org mail systems
that relay s.a.r. postings from your news server to the moderators
have started to reject postings with invalid domains in the From:
header (e.g. ').

One way around this might be to only spam block the part before the "@",
but leave the part after it correct.

Hans Aberg

In article , Moderators
wrote:

Dear s.a.r. readers,

it's been pointed out that the moderators.isc.org mail systems
that relay s.a.r. postings from your news server to the moderators
have started to reject postings with invalid domains in the From:
header (e.g. ').

One way around this might be to only spam block the part before the "@",
but leave the part after it correct.

Hans Aberg

[Mod. note: I'd like to draw discussion of spam-blocks to a close
here, as it's off-topic. Thanks to those who sent helpful suggestions
on how to get around the problem -- mjh]

In message , Hans Aberg
writes
In article , Moderators
wrote:

Dear s.a.r. readers,

it's been pointed out that the moderators.isc.org mail systems
that relay s.a.r. postings from your news server to the moderators
have started to reject postings with invalid domains in the From:
header (e.g. ').

One way around this might be to only spam block the part before the "@",
but leave the part after it correct.

Isn't the advantage of using something like
tha t it is recognised as
an invalid address, so even if a spammer uses it, it won't be
propagated?
I don't see mail to but I still have to
clear it out of my mailbox.
--
"It is written in mathematical language"

[Mod. note: I'd like to draw discussion of spam-blocks to a close
here, as it's off-topic. Thanks to those who sent helpful suggestions
on how to get around the problem -- mjh]

In message , Hans Aberg
writes
In article , Moderators
wrote:

Dear s.a.r. readers,

it's been pointed out that the moderators.isc.org mail systems
that relay s.a.r. postings from your news server to the moderators
have started to reject postings with invalid domains in the From:
header (e.g. ').

One way around this might be to only spam block the part before the "@",
but leave the part after it correct.

Isn't the advantage of using something like
tha t it is recognised as
an invalid address, so even if a spammer uses it, it won't be
propagated?
I don't see mail to but I still have to
clear it out of my mailbox.
--
"It is written in mathematical language"