On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 15:14 +0100, Nix wrote: > On 17 Aug 2007, Robert Fitzpatrick verbalised: > > Worms and spam have made it impossible for users to use their own > > personal mail servers. > > Really? Fascinating, I'm doing the impossible. I had no idea.
Correction, normal novice users that don't have to bargain with ISP's or know anything about spam techniques. It is only a matter of time before somebody blocks you, if they haven't already. Botnet is designed to combat you. > > > More and more > > ISP's are blocking port 25 from anything but their own stuff, especially > > dial-up. > > Mine blocks until you prove you're competent (or post a bond: I did the > former) and gets really pissed if you then turn into a spamming monster. > It seems to work. And you really want to deal with your ISP instead of using a valid mail server? How do you handle rDNS? -- Robert
