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[ On Thu, October 30, 1997 at 14:54:50 (-0800), Justin W. Newton wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Spam Control Considered Harmful > > I would like to point out, after much thought and discussion, I believe > that completely blocking outgoing SMTP to be a bad idea. Here's the > reasoning. > > I may be foo.com, a mail hosting service. My customers send and receive > mail via me, but do not connect via me. I set up a system whereby only my > users can send mail via me (magic elves or something, thats not important). > In this instance, it makes sense to allow your users to send mail via me, > if they are also my users. In that case you'll have to establish relationships that transfer the responsibility for managing and controlling the users from the connectivity ISP to you, the e-mail service provider. -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 443-1734 VE3TCP <[email protected]> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <[email protected]>; Secrets of the Weird <[email protected]>
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