[37831] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Stealth Blocking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Thu May 24 20:31:29 2001
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 17:50:39 -0400
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
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To: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
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Shawn McMahon wrote:
> > TCP rate-limiting on outbound traffic to *:25 would also be extremely
> > effective, particularly on unclassified customer traffic, and without the
> > heavy-handed nature of denying all dial-up traffic. Rate-limiting doesn't
> > interfere with low-volume legitimate mail, but it really cramps spam.
>
> It interferes heavily with transmission of large files via email, though,
> and this *IS* a valid use of service.
The transmission of large files is not a valid use of email.
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