[67374] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: question on ptr rr
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E. Seastrom)
Mon Feb 9 08:40:49 2004
To: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: 09 Feb 2004 08:40:13 -0500
In-Reply-To: <OFCE63997C.619022BB-ON80256E35.00390B7F-80256E35.003A70DA@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Michael.Dillon@radianz.com writes:
> We need to add email sending capability to both POP
> and IMAP so that eventually we can all block port 25
> entirely from broadband/dialup edges.
What's wrong with port 587 (rfc 2476 sec. 3.1) and requiring SMTP AUTH
(rfc 2554), as people have widely deployed today? The problem is
education; the technology is already widely available and deployed.
> And we need to reinstate the use of SMTP relays in
> order for smaller ISPs to have access to the core of
> the email system.
This is obviously some use of the term "need" to which I am heretofore
unaccustomed.
---Rob
