Re: orbs.org accuses qmail of mailbomb relaying!

[Jon Rust]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 11:20:00AM -0400, Michael T. Babcock wrote:
> Don't get me wrong.  I like Qmail for the most part.  I just think there's
> room for improvement.  And room for less attitude ... hint.
> 
> Petr Novotny wrote:
> 
> > > The problem is that there shouldn't be any "domain in
> > > question," an MTA should make efficient use of a limited number of
> > > SMTP sessions when transferring mail to any other MTA.
> >
> > This horse has been beaten to death. What do you mean by
> > "should"? And why "limited number"?
> 
> To be friendly to your neighbours ...

Why is the onus on qmail here? If I'm an MTA dropping off mail to
another MTA, I'm going to send the mail as fast as the other MTA accepts
it. If Other MTA needs to slow it down, it should do so. There's no
reason for me to make assumptions about how many SMTP connections and
messages I can send to another MTA.

jon