Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:59:00 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, randyk <randyk@ccsales.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu> Subject: Re: spamming Message-ID: <19981113205900.A663@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981112212549.asmodai@wxs.nl>; from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 09:25:49PM %2B0100 References: <19981112084440.43066@ccsales.com> <XFMail.981112212549.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 09:25:49PM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > www.dorkslayers.com/orbs > > This might be interesting to the both of ye... While ORB (Open Relay Blocking) is an excellent means of blocking spam -- about 15 times more effective than the RBL (Realtime Blackhole List), be prepared to 1. bounce emails from many "legitimate" sites; 2. spend long hours on the telephone explaining relaying to your customers because there site is in the database; 3. apologize for inferring that your customer is a dork that was slain. IMO they should have selected a less offensive domain name for the benefit of those trying to use this service in a business environment; 4. deal with the poor misguided souls who run Micro$oft Exchange on NT platforms. -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > --- > Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai > asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, > Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur > *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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