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Re: 209.68.1.140 (209.68.1.0 /24) blocked by bellsouth.net for SMTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sigma@smx.pair.com)
Sun Sep 25 19:34:33 2005
From: sigma@smx.pair.com
In-Reply-To: <4336968B.5070300@ttec.com> from Joe Maimon at "Sep 25, 5 08:22:35 am"
To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 08:27:23 -0400 (EDT)
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> No, what will happen more and more is that parties who forward email
> will have to make a "best effort" to ensure that it is not spam.
>
> Meaning a policy "unfiltered email does not get fowarded to external
> parties"
This was my point. Have we already come to the day where regular e-mail
forwarding is no longer workable? If so, we'll adapt, naturally, but I
didn't think that day had come yet. And I didn't think Bellsouth would be
leading the way.
> This is a problem. Headers would go a long way to disabling the
> forwarding instances and/or mandating strict filtering for those customers.
>
> That being said, assuming you have told bellsouth you were working on
> eliminating raw forwarding they should have worked immediately to lift
> the block and give you the benefit of the doubt.
Bellsouth hasn't even said they want forwarding eliminated or filtered;
they are just being obstinate and unhelpful.
Kevin
