> the early email system for whitehouse.gov allowed open SMTP relays?...

No, it didn't. I know 'cuz I wrote the code and you can check in the original source for smapd.c in the firewall toolkit; there was a check to bounce any recipient that wasn't @whitehouse.gov.
When I turned the machine over to the Exec. Office of the Pres in '94 (I think it was) it was still running my code. After that they had a variety of other people come in and get their hands all over it, so I can't vouch for what happened then.

So what makes you think you know what you're talking about?

mjr.

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