on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 11:03:21PM -0800, Paul Johnson (baloo@ursine.ca) wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 09:41:11PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > The problem of _not_ enforcing use of smart hosts is that you've now got
> > viral spew from many point sources rather than a single point (or small
> > set of points) which can be reasonably filtered, monitored, and/or
> > controlled.
>
> I'm not big on enforcing smarthosts. For one thing, my upstream
> couldn't run a mail server if it's life depended on it. So why
> eliminate small but working sites from being able to mail, forcing
> them to forward everything through broken sites?
I don't like it either, Paul, but it's a losing battle.
If you can't host your own smarthost on your DSL / cable connection,
then find someone on non-dynamic space who can. Pragmatics rule out
here.
Peace.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
> What other group has its predominant slur based on honest labor?
"programmer"
- Rick Moen
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