From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 00:24:51 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 A633737B401 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [217.120.160.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51A4943FB1 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:24:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from lothlorien.nagual.st (dick@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nagual.st (8.12.3/8.12.3/arwen) with ESMTP id h777MaR4019518 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:22:36 +0200 Received: (from dick@localhost) by lothlorien.nagual.st (8.12.3/8.12.3/local) id h777Mavb019516 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:22:36 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:22:36 +0200 To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20030807072236.GA18916@lothlorien.nagual.st> References: <20030806184759.GA565@polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i 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: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 07:24:51 -0000 On 06 Aug Lucas Holt wrote: > You guys need to rethink this thing. Reverse DNS checks are ok, but > ip blocking for legitimate servers is silly. I quote this again! It is _so_ true! Armoring our mailboxes/servers by blocking others just because they make use of dsl or broadband cable is just stupid. You don't force such servers to not serve mail (relay at their isp). Why should you deny people to run their own _complete_ mailserver? I myself sometimes block an ISP, because they do not take care of spammers the way they should (temporarely). People can come at my door too to deliver some mail they want me to have. Not only the mailman may do so at my house. Surely that means that if you want, you can drop me some spam at home, but I refuse to armor my mailbox w/ a lot of wood and nails ;-)) You can also overreact, and that's not OK. -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.8 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilya