From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 25 12: 9:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C26A037B404 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:09:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alistair.scapegoats.org (alistair.scapegoats.org [64.40.92.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5531343E65 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:09:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from denny@alistair.scapegoats.org) Received: by alistair.scapegoats.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CF51A253; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:09:49 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:09:49 -0500 From: Denny Reiter To: Ralph Forsythe Cc: Eric_Stanfield@kenokozie.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aol postmaster Message-ID: <20020925190949.GC16887@reiters.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Uptime: 2:08PM up 29 days, 11:02, 6 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 X-Pooftas: No X-Message-Flag: Contents Under Pressure X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.dtype.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x997F9D70 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 12:41:48PM -0600, Ralph Forsythe wrote: > Hrm... Are you 100% sure it's an official AOL email and not a clever > forgery? > > The idea of AOL testing servers to cut down on SPAM is rather amusing to > me. I always thought that unless an AOL account was used for mass > emailings, they took a hands-off approach to the issue. SPAM detection is > better left to things like spamassassin anyway. Yes, AOL does indeed test SMTP servers for open relays and then blacklists them if they aren't fixed. We've been notified about a couple that customers on our network had set up. -- Denny Reiter denny@reiters.org So I don't hurt your feelings: happydenny@reiters.org www.scapegoats.org Out of body. Back at end of meeting. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message