Re: ORBS, and RFC-ignorant blacklists

[Alex Pennace]

On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 01:29:37PM +0200, Piotr Kasztelowicz wrote:
> Each use SMTP on server, which don't lead to
> sent or receive mail without a permission of administrator
> should be taken as inappropriate activity and illegal by any
> law.

With that attitude you criminalize:

1. Incomplete SMTP transactions,
2. Poor slobs who load a web page with <img src="http://yourhost:25";>
3. People who are tracking down mail problems and connect to your SMTP
service to check a few things.

Your SMTP service isn't harmed by any of those.