Can you point out an RFC that says mail servers must accept from DULs? I know that the user agreement on my home broadband connection with Comcast does say that it's a residential service and isn't to be used for running webservers and the like. Granted they don't go looking, but I'm sure they'd notice if the traffic stats made them look in that direction. So they could be breaking their agreement with their ISP.
Regardless, this is the same old arguments. There isn't anything that says you have to use the RBLS. If it's giving you FPs or you don't like it then turn it off in SA by setting the score. -----Original Message----- From: Shane Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:06 AM To: Rose, Bobby Cc: Jens Benecke; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Lost of FPs because of IPs listed in DUL + "open Proxy" On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Rose, Bobby wrote: > Users shouldn't be running their own smpt server on a DUL. That's why > they are listed. If they used their ISP's smtp host like they are > supposed then it would be an issue. Users on DULs shouldn't even run > their own smtp server since they can't even keep their systems patched > and maintain sufficient virus defs. Hmm... Can you point to an RFC that states all these shoulds and shouldn'ts? I would suspect that the greater problem on dynamic IPs is not users who are running their own servers, but users who get infected with some form of malware that then starts spewing spam and/or viruses out to the rest of the world. Because of this (and yes, also the occasional dumb-ass who doesn't lock their mail server down), some list-keepers have decided it's more effective to just block all of them indiscriminately, tossing out the baby with the bathwater. That's certainly their prerogative, but don't make it sound like people running their own mail servers and bypassing their ISP's are somehow breaking the rules. -- Public key #7BBC68D9 at | Shane Williams http://pgp.mit.edu/ | System Admin - UT iSchool =----------------------------------+------------------------------- All syllogisms contain three lines | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Therefore this is not a syllogism | www.ischool.utexas.edu/~shanew
