[87230] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward B. Dreger)
Sat Dec 10 12:10:19 2005
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:09:52 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <5572E025-2ACF-4430-97E0-64772617CF4E@mail-abuse.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
DO> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 15:08:49 -0800
DO> From: Douglas Otis
DO> This is a third-party acting in good faith, albeit performing a check better
DO> done within the session. In your view, there is less concern about delivery
DO> integrity, and so related DSNs should be tossed. Being done within the
DO> session would be ideal, of course. When their architecture does not support
Let's use some hyperbole:
Say that the latest megaworm chucks out spam at speeds resembling SQL
Slammer. The return-path specified is your email address. Millions of
MXes send _you_ bogus DSNs "in good faith".
Is this acceptable? If not, where do you draw the line -- and does that
line apply to others, too?
Eddy
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