On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Dean Anderson wrote: > > Had anyone bothered to ask, I would have reported that open relay abuse > has dropped off to nearly nothing since the open relay blacklists shutdown > in 2003.
MXs are routinely probed by relay attempts: we see about 2000-4000 such attacks each day. A similar volume of relay attempts occurs for machines named 'mail' or 'smtp'. More obscure mail hosts might see a more manageable number of attacks, but I still think it is valid for this draft to state that it is best practice that MTAs must not be configured for open relaying. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ BISCAY: WEST 5 OR 6 BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SHOWERS AT FIRST. MODERATE OR GOOD. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
