On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 12:34:13PM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Most people on dynamic IPs don't have the same address for more than a > day! Yes, you'll be an innocent victim of the spammers, but normally > only if you try to send mail directly to our mailservers. In which > case we don't want it, thank you, because in that case your computer > has probably been compromised. (You wouldn't want to be making other > kinds of connections to our mailservers, would you? :) Your computer > should use your service provider's mailservers to send your mail to > our mailservers. If you run a mailserver it should be on a static IP > and it, along with your DNS data, should be properly configured.
Most people on "dynamic" IPs assigned by DSL and cable networks have the same IP for months at a time. Sometimes years. I had the same IP address for three years, despite the MediaOne being bought by AT&T and then by Comcast. I run a mailserver for personal use. I don't trust mailservers outside of my control, and history seems to have proven me right. It has a CNAME through DynDNS. Would you like to guess how many domains won't accept email from me because of that dynamic IP? 26. At least, that's the number of domains that I specially route mail through a friend's box with a static IP. > Incidentally we also block _all_ connections (not just mail) from most > of Africa, Arab countries, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Denmark, Eastern > Europe, France, India, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Russia, South America, > Spain, Taiwan, Turkey... You don't do business with anyone in any of those countries? Hrm. I highly encourage you to evangelize your methods among my competitors. -dsr- -- Every time you give up a right, the terrorists win. http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
