From: Keith Matthews (no email)
Date: Wed Dec 01 2004 - 01:45:17 EST
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:35:40 -0800
"Michael Nguyen" <> wrote:
> On Mit, 2004-11-17 at 10:56 -0500, Victor Duchovni wrote:
> >> 2. Block outbound port 25 from consumer broadband pools (ISPs)
> >
> >NO, it is against the basic ideas of the internet to create second
> >class users that must rely on their ISPs e-mail server to send mail.
>
> This is true...
>
> >Spammers
> >will either happily use their ISPs server to take load off their
> >spambot and make their messages indistinguishable from the messages
> >of legitimate users or pay for the business collection.
>
> ..but I think this misses the point. If I send spam through my ISP's
> mail server, I'll get shut down in a very short amount of time. By
> leaving me with nowhere else to go, I restrict my ability to send out
> spam. I don't like breaking the Internet, but I do support this.
>
>
>
That depends heavily on the ISP involved. I'm continually getting spam
from BT customers through BT Yahoo's servers.
-- I do not reply to directly addressed mail unless it is clearly a matter that should be dealt with off-list.
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