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Re: mail problem
Quoth Nadav Har'El on Sat, Nov 06, 1999:
> If the message is coming from an IP of a known spammer company, then this is
> easy: we'll just junk the message. This is RBL: RBL (Realtime Blackhole List)
> is a list of IPs of networks belonging to known spammers, or networks known
> for actively helping or harboring spammers.
>
> Now, spammers know people are using RBL, so to hide their identity, instead
> of sending you the message directly they send it through a misconfigured
> mail server somewhere on the internet which allows "relaying" to anybody.
Wrong. RBL also lists open relays.
Vadik.
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