Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 23:24:15 -0400 From: "Francisco Reyes" <reyesf@newsguy.com> To: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: SMTP vs Spam Message-ID: <199805020325.UAA25271@newsguy.com>
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--_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My web provider is currently considering blocking SMTP access because their servers have been used for mailing SPAM by non users. Has anyone found a better solution to fighting abuse of SMTP other than just plain blocking it? How about using POP3 to send email? My personal NNTP provider gives me an email account and this is what they use. --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="11" DEFAULT="SIZE"><FONT FACE="Courier" DEFAULT="FACE">My web provider is currently considering blocking SMTP access because their servers have been used for mailing SPAM by non users.<BR> <BR> Has anyone found a better solution to fighting abuse of SMTP other than just plain blocking it?<BR> <BR> How about using POP3 to send email? My personal NNTP provider gives me an email account and this is what they use.<FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="10"><BR> </HTML> --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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