From owner-freebsd-isp Mon May 25 22:17:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA22179 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 25 May 1998 22:17:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ymris.ddm.on.ca (p.neon.sentex.ca [207.245.212.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA22169 for ; Mon, 25 May 1998 22:16:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dchapes@ddm.on.ca) Received: from squigy.ddm.on.ca (squigy.ddm.on.ca [209.47.139.138]) by ymris.ddm.on.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA03217 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 01:16:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dchapes@ymris.ddm.on.ca) From: Dave Chapeskie Received: (from dchapes@localhost) by squigy.ddm.on.ca (8.8.8/8.8.7) id BAA16489; Tue, 26 May 1998 01:16:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980526011651.31446@ddm.on.ca> Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 01:16:51 -0400 To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMTP Relay probing - Should I follow up - advice? Mail-Followup-To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG References: <356A227A.9760E56@w3page.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Shaun on Mon, May 25, 1998 at 11:02:56PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 25 May 1998, Blaine Minazzi wrote: > Can we band together and dely all mail services to alter.net's > customers? Or, maybe push other backbone providers to cancel the > peering arangements with them. > > That might send the legit customers somewhere else, if lots of there > mail comes back denied, or the cannot connect to many services. Or it may encourage Alternet customers to complain. Most places are more concerned when customers complain then when outsiders do. Of course to have this effect rejected mail should be sent back with a useful message like "rejected due to lots of spam. Complain to xxxx@alter.net and get them to make and enforce a useful AUP" On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 11:02:56PM -0400, Shaun wrote: > Oh, that's brilliant...Are you going to take up a collection for all > us legit customers so we can switch and pay the startup fees for some > other Tier 1 provider?? I suggest you, as an Alternet customer, complain loudly and often until they crack down on spam originating their domain. -- Dave Chapeskie , DDM Consulting To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message