[25993] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN whois
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Mon Nov 29 11:13:27 1999
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:03:51 -0500
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
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"'Dean Anderson'" <dean@av8.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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"Roeland M.J. Meyer" wrote:
> > What "legitimate business purposes" necessitate leaving SMTP
> > relays open
> > to the world?
>
> How about running a commercial email gateway? How about commercial anonymous
> re-mailers?
How about commercial anonymous re-mailers? You can certainly operate one without
running a relay. Have the people using the re-mailer send mail to a specific
address.
WRT commercial gateways, I'd argue that the specific use would determine whether
or not an open relay would be of any benefit. I'd need details about a specific
case before I'd argue that you're right or wrong.
