<massive snip, removing all sense of a rational conversation> Matt> I would love to have a list of ISP mail servers so that I could Matt> add a few points to them by default because you have to rely Matt> mostly on content to find the spam that comes from them.
To revive an old thread that you were in, I meant to comment on SPF a while back, but couldn't spare the time... I believe that SPF will be a welcome addition to my toolbag, while not being a burden for ISPs. My reason being that the ISPs that choose to implement it to describe their outbound mail hosts are deliberately taking on the responsibility for helping 3rd party mail admins like me block spam from their broadband and dial-up networks. So to them, reports of spam from their netblocks, or through their own mail hosts by a subscriber, are not a burden at all, just part of their responsibility. That's an ISP I'd be happy to deal with. An ISP like that could go on to earn a gold star from me by also giving those non-corporate clients a revdns name that is separate from their mail hosts, or for that matter any of their servers, so I could block all mail directly from them. Then I'd need a foolproof way to catch zombies from that ISP who are sending through somebody else's mail server... As a consumer, I'd be pretty happy if my ISP went the extra mile to firewall off my PC from sending/accepting SMTP except to their mailservers, unless I also have the technical acumen to go to a self-serve web page to list the traffic which I personally aver is non-hostile. Because really, if I need that traffic, I've got the technical acumen. But I don't make the rules. So there's my 2 cents to end the week. Andrew 8) --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
