Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 19:34:57 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@freebie.dcfinc.com> To: benedict@echonyc.com (Snob Art Genre) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Anti-spam sendmail in 2.2.5? Message-ID: <199710170234.TAA02715@freebie.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971016193718.3277D-100000@echonyc.com> from Snob Art Genre at "Oct 16, 97 07:39:13 pm"
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> On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Chad R. Larson wrote: > > We are also looking at several other solutions. One is to integrate the > > POP3 server and SMTP together in a firewall/NAT box. That way the POP3 > > can do APOP authentication (encrypted, time stamped, etc.) and the SMTP > > guy would refuse to serve a machine that hadn't been authenticated > > within some short time window, say, 2 minutes. To the Eudora user this > > would just look like a rule that says "check your mail before sending." > > This would make it harder for our users to send spam untraceably. > > I heard that the Well (well.com) just implemented this, though with a > half-hour window. It sounds good, but power users might balk, don't you > think? > I don't think so. In fact, the power users are the ones checking their mail every 5 minutes anyway. Another advantage is this allows our users on the road with their laptops to send mail from any domain, MCI dial up or what have you through our gateway without getting blown off as a spammer. Just have to check their mail first... > Ben -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL22) Brother, can you paradigm? 602-953-1392 chad@dcfinc.com chad@anasazi.com crl22@aol.com DCF, Inc. - 14523 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254
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