From: "snowjack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> jdow wrote:
> > My understanding is that Earthlink servers are "open" so that people
> > who are mobile can still send mail through their Earthlink accounts.
> > The way they handle the spam issue is a tarpit operation. The more
> > mails you send in a given interval the slower the mail processes. So
> > Earthlink mailers can be used for spam - in very small quantities.
>
> And you're blaming DSBL?
>
> If what you say is true, do you suppose Earthlink has ever heard of
> SMTP-AUTH for their mobile users? I wonder how Earthlink would prevent a
> spammer from spoofing his/her IP address to a different address for each
> message.
I wish they'd use it and make it the default. But I do not wish to pay
even more for my account because of the increased stupid luser support
calls that would generate. Getting plain old dialup or DSL working is
beyond most people. And many of them do not want to use something special
like "TotalAccess." So....
And for what it is worth the tarpit approach they have is technically
superior when faced with the throwaway account or the legitimate account
that is hijacked by a spamming virus. (And with the password protection
on Microsoft stuff you can bet the virus writers are already quite
capable of pirating MS user's ISP passwords.)
As I say they've not thought the problem through properly at DSBL.
AND at Apache they are using it in an ill considered way to simply
block email rather than score email. *NEVER* use a BL to utterly
dispose of mail unless you are using it against the SOURCE address
not against relay addresses. Critical mail can be lost. (This has
cost my customer some major contracts. He insists on using AOL. That
is simple enough and gaudy enough to appeal to his salesman's instincts.)
{^_^}
