[145899] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Outgoing SMTP Servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nanog@namor.ca)
Tue Oct 25 22:26:04 2011
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:25:06 -0500
From: J <nanog@namor.ca>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4EA76E23.5030202@ispn.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Blake Hudson wrote:
> If
> 587 becomes popular, spammers will move on and the same ISPs that
> blocked 25 will follow suit.
I don't see this happening as easily. Authenticated means an easier
shutdown of an account, rather than some form of port block/etc.
> A better solution would have been to prevent infection or remove
> infected machines from the network(strong abuse policies, monitoring,
> give out free antivirus software, etc).
We have 2/3 of that. Antivirus helps some, but has some side-effects on the
helpdesk, if they're also the first response tier.
I find it strange mentioning 'monitoring' alongside 'freedoms', though.
> Unfortunately, I don't see the trend reversing. I'm afraid that Internet
> freedoms are likely to continue to decline and an "Unlimited" Internet
> experience won't exist at the residential level in 5+ years.
I'll agree with that.
