Ben Kamen wrote: > What's people's take on just blocking port:25 altogether at this point? > We have 587 for submission and that's what I use exclusively for me.
On the one hand: YES! Great idea! On the other hand: NO! Terrible idea! For *most* people, it's a great idea. I think ISPs should block port 25 by default and insist on authenticated submission. However, my equipment tends to be more reliable than that of my ISPs, so I don't want to rely on the availability of their SMTP server if I need to send mail. I would be willing to pay a (small) monthly premium not to have port 25 blocked. I'd also be willing to pay a reasonable bond (let's say in the $500 to $1000 range) that gets forfeited if it is proven I've abused my port-25 privilege and sent spam. (The standard of proof would have to be reasonable, though; I wouldn't want to lose the bond because someone forgot he subscribed to the MIMEDefang list. :-)) Regards, David. _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang