[78188] in North American Network Operators' Group
Forwarding spam (was Re: AOL scomp)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Thu Feb 24 16:24:51 2005
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:22:21 -0800
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@cybernothing.org>
To: nanog@merit.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0502241942140.24124-100000@a.mx.ict1.everquick.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 02/24/05, "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net> wrote:
> > I see the same thing. At least 2/3rds are spam forwarded along as
> > described above. I have to give some credit to AOL WRT handling that
> > type of situation -- they're much better than MSN/Hotmail who do not
> > have a whitelist or feedback loop and simply stop accepting mail for
> > 12+ hours from any server that reaches a particular spam threshhold.
>
> We now refuse to forward mail that's almost certainly spam. Users may
> POP it, but forwarding is out.
Very good idea, given the lack of any standard way for a receiving
ISP to know that the mail was forwarded.
--
J.D. Falk uncertainty is only a virtue
<jdfalk@cybernothing.org> when you don't know the answer yet
