Hi Folks,
It's time to take this thread to SPAM-L or
some other spam oriented list.
Thanks in advance,
-M<
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Martin Hannigan (c) 617-388-2663
VeriSign, Inc. (w) 703-948-7018
Network Engineer IV Operations & Infrastructure
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> just me
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 5:26 PM
> To: Frank Louwers
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?
>
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>
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Frank Louwers wrote:
>
> The trick is to config port 587 in such a way that it ONLY accepts
> smtp-auth mail, not regular smtp.
>
> That way, virii/spam junk won't be able to use that port.
>
> What are you, stupid? The spammers have drone armies of machines
> with completely compromised operating systems. What makes you think
> that their mail credentials will be hard to obtain?
>
> matt ghali
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> The only thing necessary for the triumph
> of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
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