In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David W. Tamkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>But how can mail that originates on a server tell you whether it runs an open
>relay? I'm under the impression that it cannot...
You're right. It can't.
>... and you must know that the
>originating site is insecure based on having its IP address on file from
>earlier mail that it trustingly relayed but should not have.
Correct.
The Goal of the IMRSS Project is to construct a large list of exactly such
IP addresses.
And in fact, the IMRSS Project has _already_ amassed a rather massive list
of IP addresses of proven open mail relays... maybe even including YOUR OWN
local mail server.
(I hesitate to tell you how big the list actually is because I don't want
people running open relays to use this as an excuse for not fixing their
own open relays... ``Hey! Zillions of other people have open relays!
So why should we hurry to fix our's?? Why are you picking on us??'')
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