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Date:      Thu, 24 Jul 1997 15:59:16 -0400
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: (over)zealous mail bouncing 
Message-ID:  <16488.869774356@orion.webspan.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:01:48 CDT." <199707241601.LAA03086@compound.east.sun.com> 

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Tony Kimball wrote in message ID
<199707241601.LAA03086@compound.east.sun.com>:
> I beg to differ.  Most machines which may validly receive email do *not*
> have valid hostnames.  Using the majority-minority rule, *you* lose.
> That's reality.  
> 
> Please do not intentionally damage global email.  The system can only
> take so much damage before it will no longer be able to route around
> it.  It's kinda like freon and the ozone that way, only more catastrophic.

Stop cyberpromo, nancynet, iemmc, etc from sending out so many CFC's
then. Then ISPs wont have to take action to defend their systems.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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