this is not related to toasters. unless you're connected with auspex, please ignore it.

if there's anyone still on this list from auspex, would you *please* tell your colleagues who subscribe to this list to do it openly?

i'm getting a *large* number of bounces recently, all from accounts at random ISPs, all of which end up with

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- USERNAME@auspex.com

----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 USERNAME@auspex.com... mail relaying prohibited 554 USERNAME@auspex.com... Service unavailable

----- Message header follows -----

i don't know what changes you've made wrt your mail provision recently, but it looks like anyone who's trying to sneak mail into auspex by having it forwarded from another account has been torpedoed.

<rant> i don't mind people from auspex on this list. i don't think anybody minds it. i *do* mind having to read umpty hundred bounce messages because people are trying to do it sneakily and getting it wrong(ish). just subscribe the simple way, ok? </rant>

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