[gdal-dev] GDAL mailing list email delays

[Laurențiu Nicola]

PS: "New" doesn't mean new, it means "hasn't written in a while", so my own message got delayed.

This strategy might have worked a long time ago, when spammers would just connect to the SMTP server of the destination, i.e. mail.osgeo.org. They'd get an error and their script would move on to another target. But if you have a real mail server (or a compromised account, or an open relay which accepts and forwards messages for anyone), it won't help at all.

Laurentiu

On Thu, May 29, 2025, at 20:34, Laurențiu Nicola via gdal-dev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think it's at least in part an anti-spam measure. We reject messages from new users and their server will try later. Spammers are less likely to retry delivery of their messages.
> 
> I'm personally not a fan of this, but..
> 
> Laurentiu
> 
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