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RE: IETF SMTP Working Group Proposal at smtpng.org

  • From: Robert Blayzor
  • Date: Wed Aug 21 19:16:07 2002

> Uh, no.  I have seen spammers use dynamic DNS to use throw 
> away dial-ups accounts for incoming main service.

Right, but to run a "real mail server" you need a static address.  Which
can be registered as a valid mail server.  Dynamic IP's cannot.

> How about moving this to an approriate forum where people 
> really know spam and mail?  Nanog is for moving packets.  
> Nanog does not usually care what is in the packet unless it 
> is a routing protocol.

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...

Doesn't mention anything about "Nanog is for moving packets".  An
anti-spam/security discussion seems perfectly acceptable to me.

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Robert Blayzor, BOFH
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