[25913] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ARIN whois
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek J. Balling)
Tue Nov 23 14:46:31 1999
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:39:19 -0800
To: "Alex P. Rudnev" <alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net>,
"Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
From: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
Cc: "'William Allen Simpson'" <wsimpson@greendragon.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
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At 08:38 PM 11/23/99 +0300, Alex P. Rudnev wrote:
>If you protect yourself from open relays too hard, you really protect yourself
>from the usefull mail. It's reality.
Useful mail doesn't come from open relays.
At least not in the manner in which I (and others) define useful.
>The best way to stop the SPAM is to turn your computer off. There is many
>reasons why someone hold open relay; while this relay don't send you spam,
>it's
>not your business... many providers simpli filter open relay detectors out
>(such
>as ODBS), moreover, an attempt to use this _crazy_ (active) lists results
>in the
>loss e-mail and can't be used by the serious companies.
You think too far into the box. The best way to stop spam is to turn off
the spammers' computers.
D
