February, 4, 2005 archives

i left a comment on a typepad-hosted blog, and got the bounce message resulting from the email that typepad sends to the blog owner with the comment. typepad forges the SMTP envelope sender of the message to be the email address used in the comment, and that failed the spf check on the owner’s mail system.

so if you are a typepad blog owner that uses a mail system protected by spf (or other spam measures that make decisions based on the SMTP envelope sender), you can get comments posted to your blog for which you will not see the notification.

(and to be clear, typepad is in the wrong here. it has no reason to forge my email address as the envelope sender. and remember, the SMTP envelope sender is not the same thing as the From header.)

this interview with duane cameron, one of downtown’s parking-lot kings, has a choice quote about the space he controls in the subway terminal building: “We have about 45,000 square feet on the ground floor, and I think the property would also be a good place for a market like Gelson’s.”

also: the linda lea theater is going to be revived, which is awesome news. the building is in pretty sad shape right now, as are the other buildings nearby, but hopefully this will help spark this block back into life. (rooftop bar? hmm.)

the kleptones have released a new mix, from detroit to j.a. it may be their best work yet. (i was previously partial to yoshimi battles the hip-hop robots.)