From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 13:24:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F74E37B401 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:24:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.foolishgames.net (ns2.foolishgames.net [216.93.162.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D795B43F3F for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:24:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Received: from foolishgames.com (adsl-65-42-184-171.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [65.42.184.171]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns2.foolishgames.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h76KNqxD034921; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:23:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:23:51 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: Doug Poland From: Lucas Holt In-Reply-To: <20030806184759.GA565@polands.org> Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) cc: Nicole cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 20:24:40 -0000 There are valid servers on DSL ips... I occasionally do IT work for a small business. They are running their web, dns, and email from a static IP DSL account through SBC. They bought a business package for this purpose. They do not spam anyone. You guys need to rethink this thing. Reverse DNS checks are ok, but ip blocking for legitimate servers is silly. What if I blocked your mail servers and you wanted to do business with me? Most of the spam I see is coming from Asia, not US DSL/Cable users. As for all those worms, they could be stopped if enough people complained to Microsoft. People just accept that crappy software.. if any other vendor were to release it they would be out of business. I don't read email from my Wintel box for just that reason. On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 02:47 PM, Doug Poland wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:41:56AM -0700, Nicole wrote: >> >> Yes I too have resorted to blocking Ip's with no reverse DNS and >> its amazing how many big companies can fall into this. >> >> As to the Dynamic Space, I also block DSL/dynamicly assigned Ip's >> as I fall aware of them. (See Example below) Since some Isp's are >> smart enough to identify their dynamicly allocated space it makes >> it easy. So far it is extreemly rare for someone to be sending >> mail directly from these DSL/dynamic spaces that anyone wanted to >> recieve. >> > except those of us running FreeBSD SMTP servers from broadband > connections with valid reverse DNS > > -- > Regards, > Doug > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)