On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 04:08:52PM -0400, Vivien M. wrote: > If this solution had been implemented 5 years ago instead of the "no third > party relays" system now in place, I wouldn't be opposed to it... But the > issue is that the "use the local SMTP server to send" model is the main one > deployed in the field today, and if you start staying NOW that mail must be > relayed through a domain's particular SMTP server and that server doesn't > support SMTP AUTH relaying, you're now screwed...
If spam was as rampant 5 years ago, perhaps this would be in place. Change sucks, doesn't it.