Re: [Declude.JunkMail] RR.COM

[Matthew Bramble]

Maybe not necessarily a reply to your comments, but the problem is that 
SMTP wasn't designed for security.  Heck, how many years was it before 
they came up with SMTP AUTH?

SMTP needs to be reworked, and then you need to give the Internet 
another 5 to 10 years to catch up with the new standards.  Until then, 
I'm calling this a business opportunity.

Matt



Todd Holt wrote:

But only if its done accurately.  And right now, the state of the RDNS
entries is such that it can't be done accurately.  This is due in large
part to the ISPs not having proper RDNS entries (or having sweeping
blocks of static and dynamic, business and consumer class IPs with the
same RDNS entries).  I would like to first see the ISPs start accurately
coding the RDNS entries such that we can tell the businesses from the
consumers.  And I have no problem filtering on consumer connections
running their own mail servers.  Then I want the ISPs to crack down on
their own customers that spam.  Difficult thing to do!!
Todd Holt
Xidix Technologies, Inc
Las Vegas, NV  USA
www.xidix.com
702.319.4349


 

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Please let the list know if this works, though I'm just stabbing in
     

the
 

dark of course.  I've seen places as large as GM block on just
     

reverse
 

DNS alone, which is pretty stupid in my book, and that warning from
AOL's HELO has been there for months at least, and shows that they
     

have
 

at least considered this idiotic move.
     

I would LOVE to see AOL start blocking on RDNS! If they do it, then we
   

can
 

start doing it. Then within a few months, all of the legitimate mail
servers
on the planet will have proper RDNS and the Spammers will have a much
harder
time with life. Spam will decline a LOT!!!
Sheldon

Sheldon Koehler, Owner/Partner        http://www.tenforward.com
Ten Forward Communications           360-457-9023
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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time
to pause and reflect." Mark Twain
   



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