[30713] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Now the idiots at ORBS are probing random dial-ups
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Sat Aug 26 12:08:54 2000
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:07:07 -0700
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@mail-abuse.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <20000825084233.A29767@eiv.com>; from smcmahon@eiv.com on Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 08:42:33AM -0400
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On 08/25/00, Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 05:40:34PM -0700, L. Sassaman wrote:
> >
> > server at all. Since there's rarely any legitimate reason for someone to
> > be sending mail from a mail server on a dialup line, this easily blocks a
> > large source of spam with little risk.
>
> Businesses all across the country are going online now with DSL.
>
> Many DSL providers use PPPoE, putting you smack in the middle of their dialup
> pool.
>
> So, your information was correct as recently as a year ago, but it's out of
> date now.
I'd hope that the providers in question would have the courtesy,
both to their customers and to everyone who uses the MAPS DUL,
to contact dul@mail-abuse.org and advise the DUL team of their
change in address assignment policy.
http://mail-abuse.org/dul/removing.htm#removal_reorg
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