From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 25 14:46:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA12425 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:46:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from spooky.eis.net.au (spooky.eis.net.au [203.12.171.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA12400 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:46:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ernie@spooky.eis.net.au) Received: (from ernie@localhost) by spooky.eis.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.3) id IAA18515; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:46:06 +1000 (EST) From: Ernie Elu Message-Id: <199711252246.IAA18515@spooky.eis.net.au> Subject: Re: We will mail 4 U In-Reply-To: from "Mel Lester Jr." at "Nov 25, 97 10:32:37 am" X-ELM-OSV: (Our standard violations) no-mime=1; no-hdr-encoding=1 To: meljr@connet80.com (Mel Lester Jr.) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:46:06 +1000 (EST) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Patrick, > > I agree that something has to be done. The implied threat at the end of > this particular piece of SPAM really disturbs me. Personally, I hate > SPAM and I am beginning to hate SPAMMERS to the point of loosing objectivity. > I have lost objectivity, I am looking for a sendmail ruleset the will only allow my home system to receive mail from the addresses I type into a list. >From an Austrialian ISP's point of view SAPM's are terrible, we get charged per MB for inbound traffic so SPAM's cost us real money. The only sure solution I have though of, is to replace or upgrade the SMTP protocol so that you can no longer forge headers and the true source is always identified. That would help a lot. - Ernie.