Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:31:31 -0400 From: Dennis Rockwell <dennis@bbn.com> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: "Joel N. Weber II" <devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, ahd@kew.com, andrew@python.shoal.net.au, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HOTMAIL.COM, JUNO.COM, etc.... Message-ID: <199707301431.KAA07679@zafu.bbn.com> In-Reply-To: Message from spork <spork@super-g.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970730093838.6993A-100000@super-g.inch.com> .
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On 30 Jul, spork wrote: > The thing that confuses me about the ton of spam I get from at&t, > earthlink, etc. is the fact that with all the resources these people have, > they cannot hack sendmail in such a way that it refuses to accept more > than "x" number of messages in "x" number of minutes from one dialup > node... It's probably not lots of messages, it's one message with lots of recipients. The addresses are in the envelope, not in the message, so they're just "RCPT TO:<>" lines in the conversation. Dennis Rockwell dennis@bbn.com Bolt Beranek & Newman Systems & Technologies +1-617-873-5745 Cambridge, MA +1-617-873-6091 (Fax)
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