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Massive SPAM Increase Oct 06 2006 11:02PM Alex (incidents alex gotdns org) (2 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase Oct 08 2006 09:30PM Kurt Seifried (bt seifried org) (1 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 01:15AM Vini Engel (vini fugspbr org) (1 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 04:06AM Kurt Seifried (bt seifried org) (1 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 05:06AM Vini Engel (vini fugspbr org) (1 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 06:33PM Paul Schmehl (pauls utdallas edu) (3 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 14 2006 02:46AM Valdis Kletnieks vt edu (1 replies) Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 14 2006 03:52AM Paul Schmehl (pauls utdallas edu) (3 replies) Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 17 2006 01:20AM Jamie Riden (jamesr europe com) Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 16 2006 05:04PM benfell raven cybernude org (2 replies) Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 16 2006 05:38PM Paul Schmehl (pauls utdallas edu) (1 replies) Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 17 2006 01:44AM gabriel rosenkoetter (gr eclipsed net) Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 14 2006 05:44AM Valdis Kletnieks vt edu (1 replies) Re: ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 14 2006 05:17PM Paul Schmehl (pauls utdallas edu) (2 replies) Re: ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 17 2006 01:59AM Dude VanWinkle (dudevanwinkle gmail com) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 11:09PM Graeme Fowler (G E Fowler lboro ac uk) (1 replies) Re: Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 11:43PM Luke Burton (luke burton echidna id au) (1 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 09:29PM Tim (tim-forensics sentinelchicken org) (2 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 10:33PM Paul Schmehl (pauls utdallas edu) (2 replies) Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6} Oct 09 2006 10:28PM Brent Kearney (brent kearneys ca) (1 replies) |
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Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On Monday, October 09, 2006 17:29:23 -0400 Tim
> <tim-forensics (at) sentinelchicken (dot) org [email concealed]> wrote:
>
>>> Its purpose is to reject *all* mail from bogus MTAs - dialups,
>>> misconifigured servers, MTAs that aren't registered in the domains' DNS
>>> as a "legal" MX, MTAs that don't reverse properly, etc., etc. If the
>>> email is forged in any way, it will never make it to DATA.
>>
>>
>> That's great, except it makes the internet more expensive for the little
>> guy. If you're trying to run a non-spamming personal mailserver off of
>> a consumer DSL or cable line, you can get screwed by others' policies
>> like this because you may not have control over your PTR records or how
>> your ISP lists you as a non-MTA with other organizations.
>>
>> Sure, argue that the little guy should just shell out for a better line,
>> but if he could, he wouldn't be the little guy.
>>
> It wouldn't hurt to actually read how it works before criticizing it.
>
> Policyd-weight (the name implies what it does) provides a weighted score
> to each "bad" thing an MTA does. The *cumulative* score is what
> matters. It also *subtracts* points for good things that an MTA does.
> So, the situation you describe should not be a problem.
>
> If you want to test that, send a test message to geek (at) stovebolt (dot) com [email concealed], and
> see if it gets rejected. If it does, look at the headers to see what it
> did.
--
Nathaniel Hall, GSEC GCFW GCIA GCIH
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