Larry Rosenman wrote: [...] > I think $100/year is STEEP, if it is PER SERVER, but per > COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL it **might** be acceptable. > > (I have 3 boxes + the laptop that do SMTP regularly). > > Ideas given this?
Relay through your upstream (hierarchical approach)? i.e. Register your server(s) with your provider, who is presumably trusted (registered with the global system). A bit of an aside: I recall AT&T Canada blocked all SMTP from exiting their network (excepting their own servers, of course) a few years back in response to a large spam. I don't know the details -- this is from a response to a complaint I filed. Interesting idea, though -- you then catch 'em when they attempt to relay through your server. And as far as that goes, I've seen a system that worked quite well... Larry might be familiar with it, as it was his. Peter E. Fry