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Date:      Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:43:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>
To:        jabley@patho.gen.nz
Cc:        mark@grondar.za, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: On hub.freebsd.org refusing to talk to dialups
Message-ID:  <19990924174355.72E4514CE5@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990924162820.A27798@patho.gen.nz> (message from Joe Abley on Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:28:20 %2B1200)

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> 
> One of us, at least, evidently.
> 
>   How much mail does the use of the MAPS DUL reject?

	varies sharply from day to day.  since 8/31 dul has rejected
93 connection attempts.  map has rejected 361 connection attempts.

> 
>   How much of that do you think is worth rejecting?
> 

	all of it.  dialup addresses are havens for spammers....these
are throw away accounts that are covered by the cost of the spamming.
only if the spammer is sued successfully does teh account become a
problem to the spammer.  legitimate dialup users should use the mail
relay provided by their ISP.

jmb


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