Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 22:42:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Javier Henderson <javier@kjsl.com> To: "Francisco Reyes" <reyesf@newsguy.com> Cc: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: SMTP vs Spam Message-ID: <199805020542.WAA01635@kjsl.com> In-Reply-To: <199805020325.UAA25271@newsguy.com> References: <199805020325.UAA25271@newsguy.com>
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Francisco Reyes writes: > 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? Yes. Look at http://www.sendmail.org/ for instructions on how to fight off SPAM attacks on your sendmail-based SMTP server. Also, http://spam.abuse.net/spam/ for related info. Your ISP should configure their sendmail (or whatever mailer they use) to not accept mail from non-subscribers, instead of cutting everyone off. In fact, how do they propose that their customers send mail? > How about using POP3 to send email? My personal NNTP provider gives > me an email account and this is what they use. You use POP3 to retrieve mail, not to send mail. -jav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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