On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 01:05:52PM -0500, the entity calling itself Daniel Staal stated: > > May I jump in? (Donning asbestos suit. Red, of course, for the > season.)
> Given the extreme lengths I've had to keep a couple of (legitimate, > small, owner-verified addresses only) mailing lists going when I > needed to change ISP's due to a move, I would agree it is a form of > punishment. I'll be changing ISP's again as soon as I can, mostly > because of this issue. I currently have several small domains that > cannot send email due to this issue. And my ISP doesn't even block > port 25: I just can't get a static IP address from them. (Note: I > did not have a hand in picking my current ISP.) > > Let's see: I get around 150 spam emails a day. (Not quite your 500, > but it more than equals my non-spam email.) I use Spamassassin > exclusively: it puts in blacklists as a weight, but only *one* weight > of many. If it is the only one that matches the mail gets through to > me. I have had two non-spam emails blocked in the three years I've > been running this system. I have about 3-4 spam emails get through a > week. > > I *hate* spam. That my system will automatically filter and sort > (oh, and report too) it is a nessitity: I would drown in it > otherwise. I admit my system takes some CPU time. I can see why an > ISP would look for a cheaper solution, but most people don't see why > their email is not getting through, and I've found myself explaining > blocklists 5-6 times a year to non-techies. It usually takes about > three trys before they understand why their email to grandma didn't > even bounce. > > Blacklists, used as a sole block, are destructive. They are history > based at best: they don't work on content or current info. Quite > unlike pf, which always works with current info... > > (And I know think we are waaay offtopic for this list.) > Uh - you're off-topic for this thread, not to mention the list... the original premise was whether or not it's a "good thing" for an ISP to require its dynamic ip customers to use a fixed-ip relay. >From what I can tell from your post you use a dynamic ip host to send mail, and think SpamAssassin is a better solution than blocking all dynamic IPs - different discussion... maybe you oughta' start a new thread? Rgds, Jay Moore
