North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: How do you stop outgoing spam?
At 08:20 PM 9/9/2002 +0000, Paul Vixie wrote: One of the basic problems with discussions about spam control is that it focuses entirely on spam. Blocking output SMTP from individual dial-ups has a serious negative consequence:outbound SMTP should be blocked for any dynamic or dialup source within Laptop mobile users cannot use their home SMTP server. At best, they must reconfigure for each venue -- goodbye wireless hotspot convenience -- and that is IF they know the SMTP server address for the local access. In other words, by blocking output SMTP, mobile users are hurt badly. I know that *I* certainly am. Constantly and serously. d/ ---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:[email protected]> TribalWise, Inc. <http://www.tribalwise.com> tel +1.408.246.8253; fax +1.408.850.1850
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