Hi Michael,
> I do run my own mailserver, it does NOT relay and if you try it you get
> dropped with an error code, I had people try to use it as a relay but even
> my own ISP only probes it and then went away when they realized it was
> closed.
OK that is fine but a large majority of spam is sent from dynamic IP
addresses which are NOT open relays but just used to spew out millions of
emails to the rest of us poor suckers.
Not only does being on the dynamic IP address make it hard to track down who
is responsible but also makes it hard to block effectively.
Add to that the people on dynamic addresses who THINK they know how to set
up mailservers but don't have a clue about proper configuration and
security. This makes open relays and adds even more problems.
The fact is, if you are running a mailserver then you should be doing it
from a static IP address which makes you easily identified if there is a
problem so you can either fix it or we can ignore your server if you wont.
> I wouldn't mind having my own fixed IP but they are hard to come by these
> days.
So use your ISP's mail relay. That is what they are for!
It is normally the home users that get steamed up about not allowing dynamic
IP addresses to send email because their occaisonal email gets rejected.
Those of us that have to process THOUSANDS of emails every day know the
VALUE of rejected dynamic address SMTP for cutting down the junk.
Regards,
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