From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Dec 19 23:41:23 2000 From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 23:41:21 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from Mail6.sc.rr.com (fe6.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC6837B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:41:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from sc.rr.com ([24.88.102.101]) by Mail6.sc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.537.53); Wed, 20 Dec 2000 02:41:18 -0500 Received: (from dmaddox@localhost) by sc.rr.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBK7fUp03026; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 02:41:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dmaddox) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 02:41:29 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Stephen McKay , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No cable modems?? Message-ID: <20001220024129.A2993@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> Reply-To: dmaddox@sc.rr.com Mail-Followup-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, Stephen McKay , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20001219182739.C61697@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <200012200518.eBK5IsB15659@dungeon.home> <20001220003436.A345@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <20001219233320.O96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001219233320.O96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>; from cjclark@reflexnet.net on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:33:21PM -0800 Return-Receipt-To: dmaddox@sc.rr.com Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:33:21PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:34:36AM -0500, Donald J . Maddox wrote: > > I'm not sure I follow this. Why would I be likely to be a > > spammer just because I use a cable modem? > > The first case is the actual subscriber who can push out huge amounts > of spam down their fairly wide (typically at least 120Kb) pipe before > their provider axes them, if they get reported, for violating the > AUP. > > The other big problem is the poorly configured, default install of > Linux, old FreeBSD, etc. sitting on the net 24/7 offering wide open > relaying. A spammer finds them and *pow*. I can understand bouncing mail from any address that is pushing large volumes of mail onto your server suggesting spamming. I cannot understand rejecting mail based solely on my domain, unless my domain was on the RBL list or something. > > > Not sure what > > you mean about funneling, either. All my mail does go through > > my ISPs mail gateway. > > In the .mc file, you use your ISP's mail servers as a 'smart host' or > the like? It wasn't, but it is now... Ollivier still bounces my mail :-/ > > > Apparently they don't rewrite my headers > > and I don't masquerade. Are you saying that I should? > > They should not be rewriting headers but simply appending their > own. Have a look at mine. Not cable, but same kinda thing. See anything wrong with the headers in this email? Ollivier (or Ollivier's ISP) does. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message