Thanks for your patient explanation, Ricsi. I am begining to understand
a little.
On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 13:33:16 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) wrote:
> Your SMTP agent (yeah ... that one which you can telnet in ;) will get
> incoming mail.
> If it uses ORBS, than it looks up the address.
> If the mail came from a open relay, it will send the mail back, and tell
> the author, that his SMTP server is blacklisted at ORBS.
> 'Please contact your postamster, and tell him to fix it' ;)
> The mail is rejected AT YOUR ISPs SERVER ....
I'm not at all sure that I want mail addressed to me rejected by my
ISP because it fails the ORBS lookup. As I've explained, I don't
have a problem deleting mail I don't want.
Maybe it's a note from my sister who has a crappy ISP in a remote
area that is still poorly served. Maybe it's a friend in Bora Bora.
I don't know. It seems to me I can throw out my own mail if I don't
want it.
> SE> Why did I lose my shell access? Because the large corporation that
> SE> now owns my ISP decided that shell access was "an unwarranted
> SE> security risk unjustified by the limited user demand".
> :(((((((((((((((((((((( very sad ...
> SE> So the idea that I may not be able to use even Arachne got me going.
> you are able ...
> Don't forget that authenticated SMTP != ORBS
> and that authentication in SMTP is only necesarry if you don't use your
> ISPs SMTP server. (otherwise the IP should be checked)
> CU, Ricsi
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> |~)o _ _o Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> {ICQ: 7659421} (PGP)
> |~\|(__\| -=> I'll have what the guy on the floor is having <=-
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan
USA
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