[51920] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How do you stop outgoing spam?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Crocker)
Tue Sep 10 13:22:59 2002
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:16:47 -0700
To: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
From: Dave Crocker <dhc2@dcrocker.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <g3fzwi29v4.fsf@as.vix.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 08:20 PM 9/9/2002 +0000, Paul Vixie wrote:
>outbound SMTP should be blocked for any dynamic or dialup source within
One of the basic problems with discussions about spam control is that it
focuses entirely on spam. Blocking output SMTP from individual dial-ups
has a serious negative consequence:
Laptop mobile users cannot use their home SMTP server.
At best, they must reconfigure for each venue -- goodbye wireless
hotspot convenience -- and that is IF they know the SMTP server address for
the local access.
In other words, by blocking output SMTP, mobile users are hurt
badly. I know that *I* certainly am. Constantly and serously.
d/
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