Dave Sill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 1 February 1999 at 13:59:11 -0500
> Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Too late, Dave. You're trying to solve the wrong problem.
>
> No, I'm trying to solve *my* problem, not the world's problems.
>
> >People are already blocking dialups, more and more every day.
>
> When my mail to people behind such blocks bounces, I'll resend it
> through my ISP's mailhub with an explanation of why it was delayed.
>
> >Your problem is now to find a non-dialup SMTP client to relay your
> >mail, which isn't your ISP's.
>
> My problem is that I've gotten caught in the anti-spam crossfire. My
> problem is that anti-spam zealots have overreacted, or wrongly
> reacted.
Maybe, but I'm nowhere near convinced it's wrong or overly broad.
You, yourself, probably really can run your own MTA better than your
ISP -- sounds like you have a bad one. I believe this is vanishingly
rare today, and will become even rarer over the next few years. Since
I believe that, I don't see the cost of forcing you to go through your
ISPs mailserver to be very big. Even if you can do it better -- HOW
MUCH better?
But it's certainly true that you're the one caught in the pinch.
If dialups are ignored, any attempt to block spam by IP of origin is
hopeless. That's the one loophole we can't close.
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