Dave Sill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 10 August 2000 at 15:23:23 -0400
> Eric Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >3. The mailserver then contacts teh first server on teh list, says "here's
> >an e-mail message", along with a list of addresses (usually 20 or so).
> >Sometimes all those addresses are on that server, somtimes not.
> >
> >4. To stop spam, the receiver then checks the list for at least one valid
> >receiver. if one is local, it delivers it and any other local mails, then
> >relays the rest off to the first system in the list left over.
>
> Fascinating... And there are MTA's that support this scheme?
>
> >Qmail is denying legitimate messages to my users because it doesn't allow
> >this type of relaying. Why?
>
> qmail denies it because it denies all relaying that's not expressly
> permitted. The scheme you describe is vulnerable to spamming simply by
> including a local address at the beginning of the list of recipients.
The interesting thing about this scheme, I think, is that servers that
supported it might not test as open to ORBS / RSS. Maybe that's why
somebody is trying to push the idea?
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