[40168] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: trapdoor.merit.edu and other impatient Postfix mailers everywhere (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitch Halmu)
Thu Aug 2 18:49:05 2001
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 18:44:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mitch Halmu <mitch@netside.net>
To: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Steve Sobol wrote:
> Mitch Halmu wrote:
>
> > "There will be a day when folks will need to pay to transit email."
> > (Paul Vixie, 1998)
> >
> > That day has come.
>
> > The inclusion of maps.vix.com references in the sendmail code has lead
> > to predictable consequences. Let's hope this will serve as a warning to
> > all sysadmins who can infere what's wrong with enterprises like MAPS
> > from this incident.
>
> Put away the tinfoil hat, Mitch.
Just as soon as they drop the bag, Steve.
--Mitch
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