[69106] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Redirecting mail (Re: Throttling mail)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Thu Mar 25 15:02:52 2004
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:02:04 +0200
From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca>
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403251343360.27911-100000@adibox.knet.ca>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Adi Linden wrote:
> Right now I am blocking all network access for ip addresses I receive
>
>believeable abuse reports for. The big problem is that it is a manual
>process that does not start until a PC has already sent a massive amount
>of abusive mail. After all, it does take time to read and act upon abuse
>reports. By forcing smtp through a specific server at least some proactive
>measures are possible such as throttling abusive behaviour.
>
>
>
When you get bored fighting the fire with a leaking bucket of water,
technology exists that automates detection, redirection, posting
information to the end users and eventually re-enabling the subscribers
without any manual intervention. Makes days significantly less dull, but
I might be biased here :-)
Pete
