> > After all a direct smtp connect is faster and and the protocol was > > designed to allow it. > > Because it is abused and there is no recourse for the recipient. > > The fact is that 99% of email sent from DHCP addresses is SPAM! If you want > to run a mailserver then do it properly! Then sending SPAM is the offense, not sending valid email. Would you want 1% of your valid snail mail 'dropped' in return for less 'junk' mail?
The spammers will find easy ways around this blockage. The 'valid' users will not be so lucky in many cases... > The same way there are laws as to what you can drive on the roads in > whatever country you live in. Why don't we all drive go karts as they would > be cheaper and the roads are designed to allow it :) This is as stupid an analogy as one could think of. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // GPG public key: http://www.edespot.com/~amackenz/public.key // The little creatures of nature. They don't know that they're ugly.
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