whats so bad to configure the client's Mailserver using the SMTP Relay from the ISP ? all Mailservers i know are able to do that, not allways called smarthost of corse ;-)
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Scott Weeks" surfer@mauigateway.com Reply-To: swinog@swinog.ch, surfer@mauigateway.com Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:28:03 -0700
: You'd be amazed how many companies operate their own : mail servers, even behind dynamic addresses
I'm speaking with guys in my company on an issue and part of the discussion has to do with me saying no one runs a mail server from behind a dynamic IP addresses. Other than just your experiences, does anyone have pointers to data on folks that do this?
scott
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From: Markus Wild swinog-list@dudes.ch To: swinog@swinog.ch Subject: Re: [swinog] Re: blocking ports? Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:26:39 +0200
Jonathan,
Sorry but I disagree with Per. ISPs have a duty to prevent email Spam which is a terrible curse for us all. If they decide that blocking port 25 outbound will help then they should do it.
If you are a user, why can't you use the ISPs relay server? If you are a provider you ought to have your own mail server on a fixed IP address.
You'd be amazed how many companies operate their own mail servers, even behind dynamic addresses (in which case they usually use some mailbox polling mechanism to feed their server from mail from the outside), but send outgoing mail directly with SMTP.
Of course, one day we need a better protocol than SMTP (*Simple* Mail Transfer Protocol) which was never meant as a global email solution. But until then we have to do something to stop people abusing it.
But by killing the payload, not the messenger, please...
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