Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:40:10 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/9864: make rblcheck use relay.orbs.org instead of dorkslayers.com Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990204083331.16869B-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <199902032358.QAA10889@usr08.primenet.com>
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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > Not at all. ISP's that provide dynamic IP instead of static IP > just have to provide a relay server with a static IP for their > customers. Why? RADIUS logs are just about as easy to read as any other file telling the administrator which person is at the other end of a static link. Do you think that my uplink knows my block(s) by heart? It's just a different file to look at. > Really, Paul needs to not be running RBL, per se, but instead signing > weekly certificates for mail servers that aren't in the database. If > someone SPAMs, then they don't get their certificate signed. That's would restore some legitimacy. > Alternately, you could put up your own server and answer dialup IP > queries yourself, and forward all others to Paul's server. Honestly, I don't think neither Paul nor me should be playing god. > Of course, I'd never point any of my machines at your server, > given that youd let in the UUNET and PSINet cretins who run open > relays and refuse to do anything about them... I doubt you'd get > many takers, in fact. (If I were running it) I'd blacklist them because they were running relays, not because they are dialup users. Assuming all dialup users are evil and irresponsible is a bad idea. Everyone seems to be missing a large point here. Spammers should be punished because they spam. People who have never spammed should not be punished because of some elitist quest to squash those who do not have more bandwidth then a POTS/ISDN line. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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