Well - I'm in the process of blocking open relay tests so that they
can't detect that I'm open.
jonathan vanasco wrote:
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> If you go that route, make sure you won't be getting any mail from AOL
> or MS customers -- both have policies to disable all mail from open
> relays, and they do periodic checks.
>
> I found out when an apache proxypass linking our webserver to our
> office firewall had a typo in it that made it semi-open. Broke all
> mail for AOL for 3 days until i got all the bureaucratic stuff taken
> care of.
>
> On Feb 21, 2005, at 12:46 AM, Marc Perkel wrote:
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>> So - the reason open relays are bad is because spammers can use then
>> to send spam. But - if I have a really good spam filter that would
>> block spam sent through open relays - then having an open relay
>> wouldn't be a problem.
>>
>> My spam filter is good enough that I'm thinking about going open relay.
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