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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 17:50:50 -0800 (PST)
From:      Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>
To:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports/9864: make rblcheck use relay.orbs.org instead  of dorkslayers.com
Message-ID:  <199902040150.RAA18340@kithrup.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9902031913001.22594-100000.kithrup.freebsd.chat@mercury.webnology.com>
References:  <199902032358.QAA10889@usr08.primenet.com>

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In article <Pine.LNX.4.02.9902031913001.22594-100000.kithrup.freebsd.chat@mercury.webnology.com> you write:
>What prevents someone from spamming through the relay then?

1.  The ISP's mail relay may be RBL'd.  More likely, however:
2.  The ISP's mail relay may crash under the load caused by the thief, or
	may have technical measures to notify and/or react to large
	volumes of mail being sent from it.

>What does the
>DUL provide, then, that the RBL cannot?

uunet's dialup pools were never going to be RBL'd.  They will probably end up
on the DUL, if they are not there already.


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