At 12:28 PM 6/15/2003 -0500, you wrote: >On 2003.06.14 17:05 Dustin Puryear wrote: > > is going to be a compromise between how easily anyone on the Internet can > > send mail, and the wish of my networks to reduce the amount of their > > incoming spam. > > > >Email good, spam bad. Prohibit bad behavior, allow good. Get it? Knives >good, murder bad. There are better ways to reduce murder than to outlaw >pointy metal things. When I complain about spam and other malicious net >behavior, I'm not recommending everyone be forced into AOL/M$N like >service restrictions. Concentrating email into a few "servers" on big >ISPs will make spamming easier for real spammers. Installing software >that's harder to pirate and use for spam and other DoS will make
I am having difficulty understanding a lot of your logic. How will restricting a consumer account to only being able to relay mail through an ISP mail server make spamming easier for real spammers? >Why should they go through pains to limit my service? It easier for >everyone with an internet set up like at home had. DHCP, mail relays and >all this are lots of trouble for no good purpose. DHCP was supposed to >fix all these problems, right? I don't like having to jury rig my machine >to act like some brain dead M$ client box! Not only does Cox have to do >more work for me, I have to put up with their stupid file size >restrictions and other problems. Moves like pain my ass and reduce the >advantages free software has over proprietary crap. If that kind of thing >is good enough for you, great. It's not good enough for me, but I know >why now. How does using DHCP and a mail relay force you to setup your system like a "dead M$ client" system? >because you might have those same rights offered to you as privileges? We >should have more respect for the people around us. They are not spammers, >and other criminals. The CCCC mail server can answer many of our needs, >but for how long? The reason this happened and where it's going is >clear. If we don't do anything about it, we will all end up in AOL/M$N >hell. Anyone working on wireless mesh nets? At least you aren't overreacting.. :) --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
