Re: Murkowski anti-spam bill could be a problem for ISPs
Matthew James Gering writes:
Unauthorized use of mail relays is already illegal -- no explicit law is necessary to make it so.
Unauthorized use of mail relays is already preventable. Why legislate against something (which merely establishes a penalty for it) when you can stop it from happening, cold. Just install qmail -- by default it prevents relaying. http://www.qmail.org. [ For the sake of truth, I run that site, and I also provide commercial support for qmail -- but I do both of those because qmail helps stop spam. ] -- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson Crynwr Software sells network driver support | PGP ok 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | Peace, Justice, Freedom: Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | pick two (only mostly true)
Unauthorized use of mail relays is already preventable. Why legislate against something (which merely establishes a penalty for it) when you can stop it from happening, cold. Just install qmail -- by default it prevents relaying. http://www.qmail.org.
[ For the sake of truth, I run that site, and I also provide commercial support for qmail -- but I do both of those because qmail helps stop spam. ]
So does sendmail. But it doesn't have cute mailer-daemons and "hope things work out!" messages like qmail. -- jamie g.k. rishaw dal/efnet:gavroche Internet Access Group New Network Operations #: 216.902.5460 __ Network Operations/TSD DID:216.902.5455 FAX:216.623.3566 \/ 800.637.4IAGx5455 DES: Help Crack the code! http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm
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