23 Nov
1999
23 Nov
'99
2:39 p.m.
At 08:38 PM 11/23/99 +0300, Alex P. Rudnev wrote:
If you protect yourself from open relays too hard, you really protect yourself from the usefull mail. It's reality.
Useful mail doesn't come from open relays. At least not in the manner in which I (and others) define useful.
The best way to stop the SPAM is to turn your computer off. There is many reasons why someone hold open relay; while this relay don't send you spam, it's not your business... many providers simpli filter open relay detectors out (such as ODBS), moreover, an attempt to use this _crazy_ (active) lists results in the loss e-mail and can't be used by the serious companies.
You think too far into the box. The best way to stop spam is to turn off the spammers' computers. D