Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 06:49:17AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > What mechanism do you propose that people on dynamic IP's use to identify > their mails as non-spam while still making direct SMTP connections to the > MX host of the destination domain? None, it is not necessary. Hamish -- Ham

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 06:42:21AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > Furthermore, that any issue is unspecified in an RFC does not mean that the > RFC's already address all issues that need to be addressed. Yes, exactly. Therefore ommission of any comment about dialup users making direct SMTP conne

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Herbert Xu
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 06:58:18PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >> >> The analogy is flawed. Solutions have been offered several >> times owner for DUL-listed or potentially DUL-listed users. >> All of which should not be too difficult to set up for >>

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 06:58:18PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 02:38:24AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > The problem with DUL is that they don't care if the people > > blocked ever sent any spam. The have the wrong color ski^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H > > type of con

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 06:09:41PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 12:00:52AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > > You appeal to authority, call for bandwagon jumping, and rely upon > > anecdotal accounts, but have yet to point to an RFC that forbids or > > discourages the esta

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 02:38:24AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > The problem with DUL is that they don't care if the people > blocked ever sent any spam. The have the wrong color ski^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H > type of connection, and must be the enemy. The analogy is flawed. Solutions have b

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 12:00:52AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > You appeal to authority, call for bandwagon jumping, and rely upon > anecdotal accounts, but have yet to point to an RFC that forbids or > discourages the establishment of outbound SMTP connections from dialup > machines, whether t

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 02:38:24AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > It's all going to end in heat death anyway. Of course, so we might as well turn off the computers right now. Cheers Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I don't like getting spam. I dislike the fact that I am inconvenienced. I have not yet decided to give in, though. And, in my opinion, bouncing mail from people innocent of sending spam is giving in to spammers. I ifnd this phenomena remniscent of may people in the trhoes

Re: DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 12:56:05AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > That mail direct from dynamic dialups is a problem is recognised > throughout the community. Not only did Paul Vixie, the author of > BIND, and other leading lights of the Internet, decide to host, > support, etc, the DUL. Many ISPs p

DUL (was Re: RBL report..)

2000-04-03 Thread Ian Jackson
I've just sent another, long, message about mail acceptance, blacklisting, and this whole flamewar. Please read that message first; it explains the context of this mail, and without it you might misinterpret this one. This message is about my opinion of the DUL, which I support and use. In fact m