From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 13 18:00:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA04464 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 18:00:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA04459 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 18:00:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA00783; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:59:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19981113205900.A663@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:59:00 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , randyk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Alain G. Fabry" Subject: Re: spamming References: <19981112084440.43066@ccsales.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 09:25:49PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 09:25:49PM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > www.dorkslayers.com/orbs > > This might be interesting to the both of ye... While ORB (Open Relay Blocking) is an excellent means of blocking spam -- about 15 times more effective than the RBL (Realtime Blackhole List), be prepared to 1. bounce emails from many "legitimate" sites; 2. spend long hours on the telephone explaining relaying to your customers because there site is in the database; 3. apologize for inferring that your customer is a dork that was slain. IMO they should have selected a less offensive domain name for the benefit of those trying to use this service in a business environment; 4. deal with the poor misguided souls who run Micro$oft Exchange on NT platforms. -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > --- > Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai > asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, > Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur > *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message