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Date:      Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:01:48 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Tony Kimball <Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: (over)zealous mail bouncing 
Message-ID:  <199707241601.LAA03086@compound.east.sun.com>
References:  <199707241422.HAA00957@hub.freebsd.org>

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Quoth "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>:
: To sum it up: The problem of spammers using bogus names to hide behind
: is a far, far greater problem than not being able to send mail to
: those comparatively few individuals without valid hostnames, so using
: the "99.9% vs .1%" value rule, you simply lose. :-)

I beg to differ.  Most machines which may validly receive email do *not*
have valid hostnames.  Using the majority-minority rule, *you* lose.
That's reality.  

Please do not intentionally damage global email.  The system can only
take so much damage before it will no longer be able to route around
it.  It's kinda like freon and the ozone that way, only more catastrophic.







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