[okfn-help] Email catch all

Thu Dec 22 19:46:11 UTC 2011

All good points Nils. No catch-all for OKFN makes sense.

This time of year I imagine I'll be getting plenty of inappropriate emails
to spam.leo at okfn.org that I will want to remain private ;o)

S

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Nils Toedtmann <nils.toedtmann at okfn.org>wrote:

> As far as i can see we do not have mail catch-alls currently.
>
> Email catch-all's are generally a not very good idea:
>
>  * Not bouncing non-existant mail addresses violates expectations. Users
> expect such mails to bounce immediately, so they can re-send to the correct
> address.
>
>  * Not bouncing non-existant mail addresses violates email-standards
>
>  * No one has the capacity to monitor all the crap coming in (spam spam
> spam and a LOT of backscatter). So some legit mails with mis-spelled
> addresses might be not followed up at all.
>
>  * Suggest i send a quite confidential mail to misspelled sam.leo at okfn.org(e.g. i am drunk and say something inappropriate about another OKF team
> member). I *really* want that mail to bounce, and not be read by 10 other
> OKF people.
>
>
> Just my 2ct, /n
>
>
>
> On 12/22/2011 06:24 PM, Sam Leon wrote:
>
>> Hi helpful people,
>>
>> The community team were sorting out some of the general email aliases
>> today and wanted to know if there was a catch all system for the  OKFN
>> domain.
>>
>> It would be useful to have mail that is sent to misspelled names or
>> non-existent email addresses in the okfn.org <http://okfn.org> domain to
>>
>> be forwarded to a particular email address that was monitored.
>>
>> Any help on this would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> S
>>
>> --
>> Sam Leon
>> Community Coordinator
>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://okfn.org/
>> Skype: samedleon
>>
>>
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-- 
Sam Leon
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
Skype: samedleon
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