First I'd like to know what "dialup" includes means for you. Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It does seem that some people do find it beneficial to send mail > direct from their dialups (static or dynamic). I don't understand why > they think this is a good idea, There are apparently a number of ISPs that do well in providing an IP pipe, but suck big rocks when it comes to administering a mail server. This number will certainly grow as more and more infrastructure (phone, cable, electricity) providers will jump on the service provider bandwagon. > and I think it has a number of technical problems. What are the problems for static IP dialups? > It's clear, though, that the project will have to come to a common > decision about this. It's not just about what the project's > mailservers will accept. As I said in my other mail, since we all > need to communicate with each other, either every developer must be > forbidden from using the DUL, or every developer must either not send > mail direct from their dynamic dialup, or must be prepared to send it > differently if there is a problem. You must not forget the users. If Debian comes to the consensus that DUL is a Good Thing, this affects users, too. All MTA packages should probably come with a big fat warning that you should use a relay if your IP is dynamic. -- Robbe
