Dr. Rich Artym said:
> In message <m0x257B-00076uC@???>, Greg A. Woods writes:
> > I've started a campaign to have all dial-up providers lock their
> > customers into only the provider's mail gateway by way of filtering all
> > port-25 connects from the dial-up ports (in conjunction of course with
> > IP anti-spoof filters).
>
> You have got to be kidding.
>
> Why not take it to its logical conclusion, and keep those dastardly
> customers from having any direct access to the Internet at all?
This is a little over the top, but to an extent, I agree with you...
I used to be "firewalled" in such a way that I couldn't access port 25
on any other machine, and I had to go via my ISP's mailhost to deliver
mail. I, however, like telnetting to other machine's smtp ports to try
things like "VRFY" from time to time, so I got them to make me an
exception to their "firewall" rules.
Admittedly I'm not on a dialup connection, and my ISP doesn't supply
people with trial accounts that can be used for spamming or anything, so
maybe I don't fit into Greg's world...
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(Oh, sorry for any delay - they sent me on a course for most of a week,
at almost zero notice, so I've not been able to reply to mail recently)
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