[gdal-dev] GDAL mailing list email delays

[Barry DeZonia]

For the record it is not just this user experiencing issues. I
received the java bindings Original email 11 minutes after the Reply
to that email.came through. However, I am accessing mail via gmail.com
too.

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM Laurențiu Nicola via gdal-dev
<gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
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> PS: "New" doesn't mean new, it means "hasn't written in a while", so my own message got delayed.
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> 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.
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> Laurentiu
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> 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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