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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Paul's Mailfrom (Was: IETF SMTP Working Group Proposal at smtpng.org)
> So what's so bad about forwarding all tcp/25 traffic over that relay and > letting that relay decide if the MAIL FROM: is allowed to be relayed? Because I want to send mail through my own SMTP server that speaks STARTTLS and uses certificates that are under my control. Maybe I don't want my email sitting around in your MTA queue for your sysadmins to read. Or maybe you just don't have a clue about how to configure and run an MTA, therefore any mail I send through your enforced gateway gets silently black-holed. > And if a client wants to mail from another domain which isn't relayed by > it's upstream ISP, he/she could ask it's ISP to do so. > Yes this will add an administrative hassle, but doesn't spam imply that > also? Do you *honestly* believe what you wrote above? Do you have any experience trying to actually get these sort of changes made? Can you provide statistically valid numbers showing this is a realistic solution in the real world? (Frankly, this proposal is so absurd I have to wonder if you've even dealt with *an* ISP ...) The Internet is a peer-to-peer network, whether you like it or not. --lyndon Lizzie Borden took an axe, And plunged it deep into the VAX; Don't you envy people who Do all the things YOU want to do?
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