Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 11:34:45 -0700 (PDT) From: David Babler <dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com> To: Troy Settle <rewt@i-Plus.net> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMTP Relay probing - Should I follow up - advice? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980526113214.27171a-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980525150744.12892B-100000@Radford.i-Plus.net>
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On Mon, 25 May 1998, Troy Settle wrote: > On Mon, 25 May 1998, Paul Civati wrote: > > Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> wrote: > > > I'm just annoyed a company that obviously has set out to specialise in > > > spam/electronic mailing lists doesn't even use it's own servers to send the > > > damned stuff out... > > > > Well, yes, otherwise their IP blocks would soon be well known and people > > would just block them, get them put on MAPS RBL, etc. Which would put > > them out of business. > > Just imagine what would happen if everyone who runs a mail server were to > deny relaying. Put them spammer people out of business real quick :) Actually, the fastest-growing segment of spam now seems to come from "direct spewers" - software Joe Six-pack runs on his dialup connection that does MX lookups and sends spam directly to the victom's system. We now block SMTP contact from all major ISPs' dialup ranges for that reason. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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