Hi, I think this is a vestige of the old days where you connected to your ISP via dialup, blasted the mail as fast as possible to your ISP's mail server, and then let that mail server slowly deliver the mail to the final destinations. Today, with "always-on" connections, sending mail to the ISP first does not really add a lot of value, IMHO, and in fact adds both another possible failure point, and another point of wiretapping.
Mickey At 14:37 25-08-03, Philipp Morger wrote: -----Start of Original Message----- >Hi Michel > >Is there a paper known to you that documents that? I mean - _I_ know >that it should be that way, I just want to know if it's up to each isp's >mind to come up with this idea or if theres a RFC or something like >that. > >Regards >Philipp > >On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 19:59:53 +0200, Michel Renfer wrote: >> No, because the customer can (should!) use the ISPs SMTP server >> for outgoing mail. Keep in mind, that the blacklisting of those >> IP addresses is due to misconfiguration of customer end devices >> (= outside the responsability of the ISP!). >---------------------------------------------- -----End of Original Message----- -- Mickey Coggins Tel: +41-79-210-3762 Fax: +41-86-079-210-3762 ---------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/
