From: Erwan David (no email)
Date: Wed Dec 01 2004 - 02:07:02 EST
Le Tue 30/11/2004, Michael Nguyen disait
> 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.
You'll also get shutdown based on the originating IP, which can be
retrieved from mail headers. Forcing the usage of ISP's mail server
which is often blacklisted for having relayed its customers mails
first time does not give anything.
-- Erwan David ========================================================== Trusted Logic Tel: +33 1 30 97 25 03 5 rue du Bailliage Std: +33 1 30 97 25 00 78000 Versailles Fax: +33 1 30 97 25 19 France
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