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Re: Idea for a new Linux-related site
On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Eli Marmor wrote:
> Shachar Tal wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Eli Marmor wrote:
> > > Someone else wrote:
> > > > A user can contact an SMTP server from another host (otherwise ISPs would
>
> ^^^^
> > > > not have been able to provide outgoing mail for PPP hosts), and I don't
> > > > think there is a header which says from which host the socket connection
> > > > was made. Normally, the SMTP servers don't even filter the hosts from
> > > > which one can connect to them.
> > >
> > > True for the old and happy days of the Internet. But hey, we are in
> > > 1998! I cannot believe that there are still ISPs who allow relaying!
> > > All the SMTP servers (including sendmail) already have this feature,
> > > and ISPs are the first to know it. Moreover, the servers of most of
> > > the ISPs denies even messages from legal customers, in suspected cases
> > > (e.g. spamming). The rules for these features are very easy, and even
> > > I know how to implement them.
> >
> > I don't know about ISPs, but some of the main Technion servers still allow
> > that. I guess the academy here lacks interest in preventing spam.
>
> I know about the academy; Moreover, when a (receiving) mail server does
> not love my sendmail, I use a mail server of one of the universities
> (without logging to there). But the original message (which I responded
> to) referred to ISPs (read it again) and to dial-up users, so I
> reffered to this case, too. Anyway, considering the rise of the
> spamming, I expect that even the academy will close its gates and will
> deny relaying, very soon.
You can be sure academy will not do that very soon, well, at least not
while they keep their old (and that's an understatement) AIXs, SUNs, etc.
For example, the Technion's Mechanical Engineering's main server is a
20-year old machine. With that old stuff, you expect them to keep their
steps with the current market demands?
Shachar.
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Shachar Tal - Computer Science, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
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