[170298] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Wed Mar 26 00:33:49 2014
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:33:22 -0500
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <i4Kw1n00H1Una3W014Kxwl>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 3/25/2014 11:18 PM, John Levine wrote:
>> 3. Arguing about IPv6 in the context of requirements upon SMTP connections is playing that uncomfortable game with
>> ones own combat boots. And not particularly productive.
>
> If you can figure out how to do effective spam filtering without
> looking at the IP addresses from which mail arrives, you will be in a
> position to make a whole lot of money.
>
> But, as always, I'm not holding my breath.
Is spam fighting really about SMTP? Or is it about abuse of the
transport layer by (among other things) the SMTP?
--
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of System Administrators:
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Infallibility, and the ability to
learn from their mistakes.
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