Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 12:58:23 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> To: Troy Settle <rewt@i-Plus.net>, Paul Civati <paul@xciv.org> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMTP Relay probing - Should I follow up - advice? Message-ID: <19980525125823.A12350@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980525150744.12892B-100000@Radford.i-Plus.net>; from Troy Settle on Mon, May 25, 1998 at 03:17:34PM -0400 References: <E0ydxbA-0004X2-00@mailhost.xciv.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980525150744.12892B-100000@Radford.i-Plus.net>
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On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 03:17:34PM -0400, Troy Settle wrote: > On Mon, 25 May 1998, Paul Civati wrote: > > Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> wrote: > > > I'm just annoyed a company that obviously has set out to specialise in > > > spam/electronic mailing lists doesn't even use it's own servers to send the > > > damned stuff out... > > > > Well, yes, otherwise their IP blocks would soon be well known and people > > would just block them, get them put on MAPS RBL, etc. Which would put > > them out of business. > > Just imagine what would happen if everyone who runs a mail server were to > deny relaying. Put them spammer people out of business real quick :) > Relaying is only part of the problem. Cheap and/or disposable email accounts contribute to alot of our problems as do irresponsible ISP. A good number of these spammers are buying access from big spam providers who, in turn, buy access from large access providers, like alter.net, who just don't care as long as the check doesn't bounce. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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