On Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:36:24 -0500 (CDT), David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>Unfortunately, there is no tool so good and no explanation so clear
>that it will not be misused and misunderstood.
They do already prevent excessive testing of hosts. Thus, actually
doing a relay test wouldn't be excessively abusive on those "small
number of unusual mail server configurations" that fail test 7. Getting
a relayed response would prove that the relay is open. It could be
logged and used to prevent further testing that day/hour/whatever and
one could prevent more than say 5 "open" tests in an hour so that
relaying load wouldn't be excessive. In addition, a bounce could be
counted as evidence that the host doesn't relay.
Anyway ...
-Sincerely, Fred
(Frederik Lindberg, Infectious Diseases, WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA)
