Prospects for an accessible and open version of Android?

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Tue Jun 16 01:02:45 UTC 2020


Okay, so for a free Linuxy OS running on an Android device, can anyone
suggest a starting point?

Amanda

On 6/15/20, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> Didier:
>
> I'm sure Hans, our list owner of record, would happily entertain a
> better configuration. Please note this list runs on Redhat's list
> servers which I believe are still mailman based. So, it's a question of
> what Redhat has implemented upstream.
>
> If you want Hans' email, I can probably dig it up.
>
> Best,
>
> Janina
>
> Linux for blind general discussion writes:
>> Or, this is to avoid SPF/DKIM authentication failure.
>>
>> As an example, I have an email server with DKIM enabled for the domain
>> name slint.fr that I own and use for the Slint distribution, cf.:
>> https://slint.fr
>>
>> So, the receiver of an email sent with a From: address with the domain
>> name slint.fr can authenticate it checking that the email was sent from
>> my server's IP address and not further modified if re-sent by a mailing
>> list to all registered users.
>>
>> Many mailing lists keep the From: field as is (for this email that would
>> be: didier at slint.fr) but modify its content, like to add a footer. Then
>> the email will fail the authentication failure by the server that
>> receives the email sent by the mailing list, and possibly reject it or
>> put it in a spam folder, according to their policy and the instructions
>> given by the initial sending server, written in a DMARC record.
>>
>> I don't know if this the main reason, but not writing the initial
>> poster's email address in the From: field prevents authentication
>> failures.
>>
>> To cope with this policy, let's identify ourselves in the body of the
>> emails we sent to the list.
>>
>> I do it below:
>> Didier Spaier
>> Slint maintainer
>>
>> Le 14/06/2020 à 22:56, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>> > I think many years ago there were lots of spam which came through this
>> > list, so they altered to this current way
>> > Chime
>>
>>
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>
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>
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