Re: [exim] Thoughts on Open Relays

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Thoughts on Open Relays
Is there some reason you're replying to me and not the list? I am
redirecting this conversation there, so that others can be entertained
as well.

On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 08:47:30AM -0800, Marc Perkel said:
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> Stephen Gran wrote:
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> >On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 09:46:48PM -0800, Marc Perkel said:
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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.
> >
> >Please post your IP address so that I can blacklist it.
> >
> And the reason you would want to blacklist it is?


Pride comes before a fall, is the usual qoutation for silliness like
yours. I won't ask you not to run an open relay - I neither know you
nor care what you want to do with your machine. I just don't want to be
bothered with traffic from an open relay.
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