I agree Alan ! I have a small consultancy with a static IP on DSL, and I run my own SMTP server on it to service my clientel (spam cleaning & forwarding services). I pay for that service, and it is known up-front with my ISP what and why I am doing it. I am required to (rightfully so) use their gateway server, so that they know immediately if I were to be a spammer. There isn't any reason for any ISP to not be blocking port 25. That would help cut down a lot of junk ! The real problem is lack of automation in reporting spam to the big ISP's. I personally gave up on trying to report and block with my firewall, as it became a full time job. As long as TrashFinder (thank you Randy)works at segmenting the messages, I now just delete them.
Sincerely, John Martoccio Intelligent Solutions - (Fast Admin Services, a computer systems integrator-VAR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Fiebig > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 2:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ISPs refusing mail from clients with dynamic IPs > > > >So that if you sent out a message from a relay that > >was in one of those IP ranges (ie your mail server was > connected to a dynamic IP > >through RoadRunner) it would not be allowed to be delivered > to an AOL mailbox. > > Agreed... and IMHO, no one on a dynamic IP connection, dialup > or DSL, should > be running their own smtp server. They should be sending out > all email via the > smtp server of their provider, i.e. RoadRunner's smtp server. > There is no valid > reason I can think of for them to be running their own smtp > server, unless they > are trying to hide something from their provider, e.g. spamming. > > Most consumer/residential DSL service agreements preclude > customers from running > any kind of server behind the DSL connection. If its a > business, using a business > DSL connection, they are highly likely to have a static IP. > > -Alan > This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. > To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite > http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite > Rock Solid Software (tm) > This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)
