From owner-freebsd-isp Fri May 1 20:26:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA24174 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 1 May 1998 20:26:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from newsguy.com (perry.co.pathlink.com [207.211.168.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA24169 for ; Fri, 1 May 1998 20:26:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reyesf@newsguy.com) Received: (from reyesf@localhost) by newsguy.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA25271; Fri, 1 May 1998 20:25:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805020325.UAA25271@newsguy.com> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 23:24:15 -0400 Reply-To: "Francisco Reyes" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows 95 (4.0.1111) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_" Subject: SMTP vs Spam Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My web provider is currently considering blocking SMTP access because their servers have been used for mailing SPAM by non users. Has anyone found a better solution to fighting abuse of SMTP other than just plain blocking it? How about using POP3 to send email? My personal NNTP provider gives me an email account and this is what they use. --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My web provider is currently considering blocking SMTP access because their servers have been used for mailing SPAM by non users.

Has anyone found a better solution to fighting abuse of SMTP other than just plain blocking it?

How about using POP3 to send email? My personal NNTP provider gives me an email account and this is what they use.
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