IDP broadband providers that give their customers direct access to port 25 on remote systems by default. Spam from AOL dropped to almost nothing once they did that.
Oh, one other thing - when did they do that? Just today, my relays have rejected about 9000 messages total from various (Hex_IP_address).ipt.aol.com. Looks to me like port 25 is open to AOL clients, and they are having a party.
AOL is the only ISP whose clients I block from direct access to my mail servers. AOL users are supposed to have crippled internet, accessed only through the AOL client, which does not include a SMTP relay engine. Everybody else must pass the SA gauntlet, whether they are on dialup, DSL, or using their ISP mail server.
--- "The avalanche has already begun. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." -- Kosh
------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
