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On Thursday 01 July 2004 09:34, Duncan Sample wrote:
The RBLs I hate are the ones that add all dial-in/dynamic IPs just because 'they must be spammers if they run an SMTP server'. I have an smtp server so my apache/php setup doesn't complain, it runs a couple of domains through dyndns, but whenever I send mail now they get returned because the majority of subnets my ISP own have been added, and according to the RBL websites "if we retest the IP and it is a dynamic IP we WILL NOT REMOVE IT", it even stops me sending mail through my hosting company's smtp server direct from mail clients :o(
Personally, I agree with this 100%.
I don't think people should be sending mail directly from thier own mail server. They should be relaying thought thier ISPs mail systems. If your ISP can't run a proper relay, then it's time to move ISP, or use a real SMTP server which allows you to relay when authenticated. I run several mail servers, and have quite a bit of experience in this field, and I find that blocking dynamic addresses definatly does solve one hell of a lof of the spam problem.
Kind Regards,
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