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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:18:41 -0500
From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com>
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Subject: Re: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space
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On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Lucas Holt wrote:
> >
> I do understand the counter argument about blocking ips.. but i think 
> thats frustration talking.  Even if ip blocking is an improvement, it 
> won't stop spam.
> 
Agreed, does anyone know why requiring reverse DNS isn't "good enough"?
I've asked both AOL and Time Warner but have received no response.


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Regards,
Doug