jerith (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jerith) wrote,@ 2006-05-02 18:16:00 |
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Can't UKZN get their mailserver configured?
Today, I received a spam email in my UKZN account. Every now and then someone realises they can send an email to everyone in the campus address book. This time it was David Erswell (204500289@ukzn.ac.za) advertising a website. A quick ruby script (written mostly to improve my ruby) revealed that there were over 6600 addresses in the To: header, which was causing thunderbird to gag somewhat.
Why does the mailserver not bounce messages with more than 10 or 20 recipients listed? This kind of thing happens often enough to be a case they really need to handle properly. And handling it properly means not allowing it to happen in the first place rather than the current slap on the wrist to people who do it.
Today, I received a spam email in my UKZN account. Every now and then someone realises they can send an email to everyone in the campus address book. This time it was David Erswell (204500289@ukzn.ac.za) advertising a website. A quick ruby script (written mostly to improve my ruby) revealed that there were over 6600 addresses in the To: header, which was causing thunderbird to gag somewhat.
Why does the mailserver not bounce messages with more than 10 or 20 recipients listed? This kind of thing happens often enough to be a case they really need to handle properly. And handling it properly means not allowing it to happen in the first place rather than the current slap on the wrist to people who do it.
