Hi Sam! 22 Nov 2002, "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SE> What happens to an email arriving from a blocked domain? SE> Is it bounced back with an explanation? SE> Would the legitimate user know that his email had been blocked? SE> And why? Usually sane blocking is done by comparing the SMTP Server from which the Mail came to a list of open relays. If the mail comes from such a relay, the SMTP server does not take it, and sends back an error code, and an explanation. (usually something like "your mail server is blacklisted at xxxxxx please kick your sysadmin to do something. For further info see http://xxxxxx ) This works pretty well, and after the offending SMTP server closed down their worls useable service, and is retested, you can receive mail from it again. I prefer: (Sam's analogy) nighclubs, where people with shaggy cloths are allowed to come in, if they haven't done anything nasty. Because the inner values count. I prefer if the people with good clothing and a weapon under it are given a huge kick, so that they fly back home. And saying: "he knows how to send mail to other addresses" so it's OK to ban completely legit users from email service is NOT what I think OK. And don't forget ... people using @hotmail.com do not SPAM, they usually don't even know what spam really is. They don't send mail to people they don't know ... so _I_ don't see any reason to ban them. But naturally if somebody wants them banned, that's OK to me :)) SE> Sam Ewalt CU, Ricsi -- |~)o _ _o Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> {ICQ: 7659421} (PGP) |~\|(__\| -=> Antenna coupling: insect foreplay <=-
