On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Mathias Koerber wrote:

| |http://www.dotcomeon.com/relay_default.html |http://www.dotcomeon.com/allman_sendmail_qa.html

These sources say that 'not relaying by default' was implemented on suggestion by Paul Vixie. They do not talk about checking MAPS (feature('dnsbl')) at all.

And how, may I ask then, is the MAPS RSS implemented? By which mechanism, and whose default server was specified? Historically, the first feature was called (rbl), now superceded by (dnsbl), and was introduced in sendmail rel. 8.9.1 (1998).

|Don't believe me. [...]

I won't. Not after this.

Okay then, perhaps you can come up with evidence to the contrary. BTW Mathias, we did have a few users from Singapore. They were trying to avoid their country's strict censorship, and were relaying their private correspondence through our server, although they had accounts there. I wonder why? Perhaps it was the fear of rattan canes that made them do it... --Mitch NetSide