Yes, SPAM does suck.
I was surprised, though why is a mystery to me - that the
required account would be used for SPAM and other related
subject mater.
In reading the material at rfc-ignorant.org, I get this
uneasy feeling that there really isn't much that be done as
one is faced as being taged as non-compliant vs. being
subject for abuse.
I guess I was looking for an organization(s) that actively
go after ISPs that actively break regulations, but
understand it's fruitlessness. I have heard argument for
harder prosecution of those that break the few SPAMing laws
that are on the books and giving more control to a governing
body ...
You mention that the POSTMASTER account is necessary to
service the e-mail infrastructure, but blocking policies may
be used to balance everyi8tnhg out.
Are these just discussions or is there some firm ideas ??
cheers!
>
> The only laws covering spam are the paucity of laws
> covering spam. Role-based accounts are not separately
> governed.
>
> The www.rfc-ignorant.org site that I referred you to
> earlier discusses a number of these issues in general.
> Their comment regarding spam blocking for postmaster@ is:
>
> After careful consideration, there seemed to be a
> consensus
> among users that use of blacklists, etc., did not meet
> the
> "narrowly tailored" requirements for blocking mail to
> postmaster, but that it would be undesirable to list
> sites
> simply for employing the MAPS RBL and such on their
> postmaster address. It was decided that we wouldn't
> list
> folks if the rejection message for postmaster seemed
> to
> indicate the reason for denial ("{ip} rejected as
> listed on
> the MAPS RBL", etc.)
>
> Basically, spam sucks, but the postmaster role account has
> an obligation because of the requirement to service the
> e-mail infrastructure. For James v3, there has been some
> discussion of blocking policies that balance the issues.
>
> --- Noel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04,
> 2003 10:08 To: James Users List
> Subject: POSTMASTER account
>
>
> Guys -
>
> I learned that the POSTMASTER account is a requirement as
> per RFC (thx noel) so we are required to alias everything
> that goes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the defined
> postmaster account.
>
> My concern was that this is a simple guarantee delivery
> for spammers - or is there a "law" against using the
> postmaster account ??
>
> If so, I would like to report a violation :-)
>
> Anybody know where I can do that ??
>
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