On 2003.06.13 16:18 Dustin Puryear wrote: > At 04:38 PM 6/13/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > So you want to keep the Internet wide open, but you don't want it to be > easy for people to send spam. Got it. :) >
Got what, a straw man? I never said that. I think it should be easy for people to send mail. Breaking up the network will destroy it's value and punish everyone for the actions of a guilty few. What it boils down to is that they are too cheap, lazy or scared of Microshaft to do anything but block port 25 outbound. Cox can easily and instantly terminate their contract with someone who spams. They can get in touch with them and warn them about what has happened and what they can do about it. If it happens often, they cut the wire. The mail they are complaining about is coming from razooed Windoze boxes and blocking a single port is not going to solve their problems. If people were aware of the problem their computers are causing, they would work to fix it. Blocking port 25 will just cause the script kiddies to move onto other malicious behavior, or get around the problem.
