When we switched to AUTH, it took about a month to get all the P-O-ed people to get
use to it and shut up. But we got ourselves off daily blacklists and that's what
matters.
-----Original Message-----
From: A. Clausen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wed 1/22/2003 6:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Store and Forward
We had about a thousand users, and after a number of complaints and my
nightmares about blacklisting, we finally threw in the towel and went to
SMTP Auth. There were a few hickups, and one or two users still using
ancient mail programs like Eudora 1.44 (if you can believe it) being told to
upgrade, the whole thing was over in about a week. Now, for fun, I watch as
all the spammers try to use local addresses to relay spam and get rejected,
and realize that for all that time we were open relays.
--
A. Clausen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrey Fyodorov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 18:23
Subject: RE: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Store and Forward
> We got thousands, tens of thousands of users and forced them to
authenticate. We could not afford being blacklisted.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Heath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tue 1/21/2003 9:07 PM
> To: Andrey Fyodorov
> Cc:
> Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Store and Forward
>
>
>
> Reply to: Andrey Fyodorov
> Re: [IMail Forum] Store and Forward on Tuesday 6:59:33 PM
>
> Yes I know. But I have thousands of users who have not setup for
> secure authentication using many different readers.
>
> No, I have been this way for six years and still am not listed as an
> open relay. Like I said earlier, library attacks here are cut off
> almost instantly by BlackIce Server Protection and any one who tries
> to mass mail is trapped by Declude Hijack. Since any one can signup
> for a free email account, they can instantly establish a relay here,
> so there is no real point to worrying about it. This is why we have
> resorted to these other methods which are working just super.
>
> We initially used EZSignUp, but this was very bad. Now we have a
> confirming email response signup and we have not had any major abuser
> since. This is a tightly monitored system and we are very pleased with
> our current configuration.
>
> --
> Roger Heath
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.rleeheath.com
>
>
> ----- Copy of Original Message(s): -----
>
> A> Don't you know that in Imail "no mail relay" means it will relay
> A> for those who authenticate?
>
> A> relay for local users will get you blacklisted for being an open
> A> relay in no time
>
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