Re: Exim Install & localhost configuration.
garyjones writes:
> Some people seem to think that because most U*E comes out of dynamic IPs,
> most dynamic IPs are sources of U*E, and therefore block attempts to
> deliver to them directly from such an IP.
Well, that does block many potential spam sources, and shouldn't
inconvenience the account holders since they all have smarthosts available
to relay for them.
> You might think that they should just not allow relaying.
No competently administered host does. Unfortunately there are thousands
of incompetently administered ones around (mostly in Asia) and new ones pop
up as fast as they can be RBL'd. Most of my spam currently comes via such
open relays.
> Would any spammer try to deliver every copy of each email directly?
Why not? What they are connecting to is mostly ISP's POP servers, not
individual workstations. Connect to mail.win.bright.net, deliver a
thousand spams, and move on.
> It wouldn't be very cost effective.
$9.95 for maybe 100,000 spams?
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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