From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 25 13:14:19 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 6AC8237B401 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:14:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web1.nexusinternetsolutions.net (web1.nexusinternetsolutions.net [206.47.131.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A61B743E6A for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:14:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@hawk-systems.com) Received: (qmail 85356 invoked from network); 25 Sep 2002 20:14:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ws1) (24.157.103.51) by web1.nexusinternetsolutions.net with SMTP; 25 Sep 2002 20:14:16 -0000 From: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" To: "Denny Reiter" , "Ralph Forsythe" Cc: , Subject: RE: aol postmaster Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:14:15 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20020925190949.GC16887@reiters.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 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 >> 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. Nice to be so big that you are immune to criticism... You can block spammers, and yet are the source for a large amount of the spam yourself. Not like we can all just block AOL and call it even. :( On that note though, doesn't take much to batton down your SMTP servers so they are not an open relay, then if they block you, sue for anti-competitive practices or something. Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message