Re: SMTP+SPF (was: [9fans] Re: new release?)

[George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net>]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 08:06:04 0000 Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net> wrote:

>>>For example, my home IP (from which I'm composing this email right
>>>now) is banned from MAPS, probably due to the previous owner,
>
>it's probably looking at a list maintained by yet another group of
>self-appointed officious self-righteous characters, that blocks
>all dynamically-assigned addresses without realising that there
>is a big practical difference between those addresses (like mine)
>that are dynamically allocated once and then remain attached to the same
>location as long as they aren't unused for ages, and those addresses
>that are dynamically allocated on each call (which are probably
>more attractive to spammers).  i call them officious and self-righteous
>because there's no reasonable way to get a block of addresses
>removed from the list unless (in my case) i am ntl:
>which i am not.  i call them self-appointed, because they are.
>of course, no one makes the receiving mail systems look at those
>lists, so the fault is spread somewhat.


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