On 18 Aug 2007, Robert Fitzpatrick spake thusly: > On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 15:14 +0100, Nix wrote: >> On 17 Aug 2007, Robert Fitzpatrick verbalised: >> > Worms and spam have made it impossible for users to use their own >> > personal mail servers. >> >> Really? Fascinating, I'm doing the impossible. I had no idea. > > Correction, normal novice users that don't have to bargain with ISP's or > know anything about spam techniques.
Sure. > It is only a matter of time before > somebody blocks you, if they haven't already. Botnet is designed to > combat you. Er, no, Botnet should be designed to combat *spammers*. If it's actually designed to combat clued non-spammers, then anyone deploying it is a moron. Thankfully this doesn't actually seem to be the case. >> Mine blocks until you prove you're competent (or post a bond: I did the >> former) and gets really pissed if you then turn into a spamming monster. >> It seems to work. > > And you really want to deal with your ISP instead of using a valid mail > server? I do use a `valid mail server'. It just isn't provided by my ISP (they don't actually provide one other than a low-priority inbound MX in case I have major line problems). This is a reasonably common setup among ISPs for clued users in the UK. > How do you handle rDNS? Competent ISPs give you rDNS. (Really good ones delegate your rDNS to you.)
