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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: SMTP relaying policies for Commercial ISP customers...?
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Leo Vegoda wrote: > > Yes, that is a little bit stickier of an issue, IFF your goal is to > > somehow continue to provide the would-be spammer with the ability to send > > traffic to the net, provided it doesn't transit your mail server. I feel > > that you're overlooking the simple solution. Blocking the entire account > > so they can't access anything is the proper response to a spamming > > incident. > > If you block the entire account then the user can't use the account > to download the updates your Abuse Team will responsibly want to > point him/her at. If you want to lose the customer then that's your > business. If you want to keep the customer, helping them fix their > mistakes is probably a painful and thankless task - but important > and useful to the whole Internet community. What about http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0402/gauthier.html After seeing that presentation, I wondered if an ISP could get away with something similar. Eric has the advantage of being the monopoly service provider for the dorms. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis *[email protected]*| I route Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are Atlantic Net | _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________
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