It appears that "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is using a challenge/response system
(see below). This is an extremely bad idea -- so bad that I'm surprised
that NANOG personnel aren't already well aware of it. (It's common
knowledge among most of those working in the anti-spam field.)
See, for example:
Challenge-Response Anti-Spam Systems Considered Harmful
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Mail/challenge-response.html
Vastly superior anti-spam methods which do not result in outbound
abuse are available, well-documented, and easily implemented.
If NANOG needs assistance with that, I'm sure any number of us
would be happy to help out. But the C/R mechanism should be
disabled immediately, before it's used to abuse third parties.
---Rsk
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