Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 14:48:03 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: alk@pobox.com, gary@eyelab.psy.msu.edu Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On hub.freebsd.org refusing to talk to dialups Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990924144336.04490ba0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <14315.55666.529851.717631@avalon.east>
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Our community network's mail server refuses connections from dialups, and this has cut our spam by about 80-90%. Many ISPs also firewall outgoing TCP sessions on port 25 to prevent "hit and run" spam from throwaway accounts. Neither is an ideal solution, but until authenticated mail becomes widespread, there will be no better methods for avoiding spam. See http://maps.vix.com/dul/ --Brett At 03:08 PM 9/24/99 -0500, Anthony Kimball wrote: >: I would immediately unsubscribe to any isp that decided this was acceptable >: behavior on their part. I use the mail server at work for all my outgoing >: mail. Why? Because the machine is lightly loaded and I don't have to >: worry about my mail getting lost in the depths of my isp's mail server for >: a couple hours .... > >Amen. For that matter, I'd much rather have my private data on the >public wire than on an independently administered server's disk -- >make them at least take the trouble to run a sniffer in order to >see the data! > >[But let's redirect this to chat.] > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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