In message <E10cBPq-000758-00@???>,
"Steve Lamb" <morpheus@???> wrote:
> I just realized that there is a falsehood in the arguement for blocking
>dynamic IPs from direct mailing. People point out that most, if not
>virtually all, spam comes from dynamic IPs. But what I never see is how much
>LEGIT mail comes from dynamic IPs and whether or not that legit mail is more,
>or less, than the spam mail? It is only assumed that only spammers use
>direct mailing from dynamic IPs but it is *NEVER* backed up with facts and
>figures to that effect.
Speaking of falsehoods...
Back in the old days, prior to the introduction of scanners / metal detectors
at airports, I'm quite sure that there was some finite non-zero percentage
of commercial airline passengers who routinely carried guns on board the
commercial flights they traveled on, and who had no intention of doing
anything bad with those weapons while on board.
Then along came the hijackers and spoiled everything for the rest of us.
:-(
Nowadays, they make you check your sidearms in at the ticket counter, and
they don't even let you bring them down to the gate. (Jeeeessshhh! What
party poopers!)
At the time this change was introduced, I strongly suspect that the NRA
said ``We have no statistics indicating how many non-terrorists carry
firearms onto planes, and thus, this new restriction is unwarranted,
and also unfair to our members and to God-fearing gun owners everywhere.''
The fact remains that no civil law-abiding person has any _compelling_
reason to carry a gun onto a commercial airline, and likewise, no non-
spammer has any _compelling_ reason why he/she absolutely _must_ send
outgoing E-mail _directly_ from a dialup, rather than routing the outgoing
stuff first through his/her own ISP's mail server.
It's sad, but we all have to make small adjustments to the changing times.
When hijackers started taking over planes, we learned to submit to airport
scanning, which is ultimately for the benefit of all law-abiding air travelers.
Now that spammers have throughly tainted the practice of doing direct SMTP
from dynamic dialups straight into NON-LOCAL mail servers, some of us, at
least, will likewise have to make some minor changes in the way we do things
with respect to E-mail.
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