Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 02:41:29 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No cable modems?? Message-ID: <20001220024129.A2993@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20001219233320.O96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>; from cjclark@reflexnet.net on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:33:21PM -0800 References: <20001219182739.C61697@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <200012200518.eBK5IsB15659@dungeon.home> <20001220003436.A345@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <20001219233320.O96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
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On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:33:21PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:34:36AM -0500, Donald J . Maddox wrote: > > I'm not sure I follow this. Why would I be likely to be a > > spammer just because I use a cable modem? > > The first case is the actual subscriber who can push out huge amounts > of spam down their fairly wide (typically at least 120Kb) pipe before > their provider axes them, if they get reported, for violating the > AUP. > > The other big problem is the poorly configured, default install of > Linux, old FreeBSD, etc. sitting on the net 24/7 offering wide open > relaying. A spammer finds them and *pow*. I can understand bouncing mail from any address that is pushing large volumes of mail onto your server suggesting spamming. I cannot understand rejecting mail based solely on my domain, unless my domain was on the RBL list or something. > > > Not sure what > > you mean about funneling, either. All my mail does go through > > my ISPs mail gateway. > > In the .mc file, you use your ISP's mail servers as a 'smart host' or > the like? It wasn't, but it is now... Ollivier still bounces my mail :-/ > > > Apparently they don't rewrite my headers > > and I don't masquerade. Are you saying that I should? > > They should not be rewriting headers but simply appending their > own. Have a look at mine. Not cable, but same kinda thing. See anything wrong with the headers in this email? Ollivier (or Ollivier's ISP) does. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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