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Analogies never prove anything. Let's get our hands on the real thing instead. Show me another way to run a third-party e-mail gateway that doesn't require a smart relay somewhere. Oh yeah, do it with sendmail. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 1:18 AM > To: Roeland M.J. Meyer > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: ARIN whois > > > On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote: > > > > What "legitimate business purposes" necessitate leaving SMTP > > > relays open > > > to the world? > > > > How about running a commercial email gateway? > > Lets try another analogy set, ie You run a gas station. > > open-relay: > You give out free fuel to whoever turns up in a vehicle > capable of > accepting fuel from your bowser. > > pop-before-smtp authentication: > You require a valid corporate fleet card before handing > out fuel. > > full-anti-relay: > You require payment before letting them near the bowser. > > trusted-hosts or IP-based access lists: > If their numberplate is in a certain range, give them free fuel. > > > How about commercial anonymous re-mailers? > > Ah, this would be: > > You give out free fuel on sighting, but not verifying, > a corporate > fleet card, and give them a new car. > > --==-- > Bruce. > > Peregrinus expectavi pedes meos in cymbalis est. >
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