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Re: mail problem
On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 04:18:49PM +0200, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> > Ok, here goes. the MAPS project is an attempt to reduce the amount of
> > spam. As to why you encountered this error --- Dial-up users aren't
> > ``supposed'' to send email _directly_ from their (dynamic)
> > connection.
>
> What do you mean? I do it all the time.
You can generally do it, but many sites use the MAPS DUL system to
block such mails (because spammers often use this capability to send
mass e-mails and escape liability with the ISP, because they don't
touch the ISP's mail server this way).
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