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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Dean Anderson wrote: > > I'm all for working with the community. Each time I have, it has turned out that we need to operate relays. Last time I checked, its not the "community"'s job to administrate your network. That kind of statement is solid proof that you have absolutely no idea what you're doing. Why don't you hire a professional to run your network? Better yet, I'll do it for free if your company promises to fire you, or at least demote you to a position that would put you no where near an electronic device. > Its the foolish people who ASSUME that all of the internet is composed > of cable modems and the company email server, and the internal company > modem bank, all behind a firewall and a VPN who think we don't need to > operate relays. Nobody needs to operate open relays, no matter what. No exceptions. > Try to take relaying out of sendmail, and see what happens. Sendmail is designed to relay. So what? That doesn't mean you're supposed to be an open relay. _.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-*.,_.,+=~'`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-., Jesse Schachter .,. Systems Administrator The Protosource Network .,. Main Number: (888) 643-8558 <[email protected]> .,. Fax: (559) 490-8630 _.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+*=~`^"-.,_.,+=%~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,
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