Subj : Newbie question
To   : MRO
From : David Gonzalez
Date : Sat Nov 30 2024 11:41:18

   Hello MRO!

28 Nov 24 20:02, you wrote to Accession:

You can't fix moron either.

 MR>   Re: Re: Newbie question
 MR>   By: Accession to Digital Man on Thu Nov 28 2024 05:55 pm

 >> Hello Digital,
 >>
 >> On Thu, Nov 28 2024 13:16:46 -0600, you wrote ..
 >>
 >> > I'm not in any hurry to address this in SBBSecho. The problem is
 >> > with the originator's configuration: they need an origin line in
 >> > their echomail messages. It's a critical source of metadata (the
 >> > originator's address) in all echomail messages.
 >>
 >> Understood and you know this, I know this, and others know this.
 >> However, the half a dozen or more times the solution has been given
 >> to the originator it has gone completely ignored. There's only so
 >> much we can do. You can lead a horse to water etc etc. *shrug*
 >>

 MR> Well you can't fix stupid. You can't do a work around each time
 MR> someone does something stupid. Remember a while back a person wanted
 MR> DM to lock out new users from posting by default in the bbs software
 MR> because there were a few spammers?

 MR> The best thing to do is warn the person, tell them to use a testing
 MR> area only, and if they won't abide, block them.
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