>At 10:53 AM -0700 8/27/03, Jeff Logan imposed structure on a stream >of electrons, yielding: >>>On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 3:22 , Jeff Logan wrote: >>>>> On 08/26/03 at 14:09 -0700, Jeff Logan opined: >>>>> >>>>>>> On 08/26/03 at 14:01 -0700, Global Homes Webmaster opined: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Create spamtrap addresses (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >>>>>>> spamtrap) and lay them out where spammers can pick them up. >>>>>> >>>>>> But I do not use SIMS for email I just use it for SMTP.I use WebStar >>>>>> for >>>>>> mail, would spam traps still work then? >>>>> >>>>> Do you mean that you use SIMS only for outgoing SMTP and W* for >>>>> incoming? >>>> >>>> Yes >>> >>>Then why do you have RBLs? >>> >> >>Because I thought they would stop spam. I have sending about 60,000 >>messages a day though the machine. > >If YOU are sending that mail, then it is only YOUR addresses offering >it to SIMS, and you don't want to ever run into something like >yesterday's debacle of a blacklist operator getting grumpy and >blacklisting everything. If those 60k messages are not just coming >from your own network and users, then you must be using it for >incoming mail, or else you are an open relay. >
Here is how our system works. WebStar 4.5 is our mail server which clients do pop and smtp through. WebStar has a rule set up that all smtp mail be based to our smtp.insideout.com. Our smtp server has rules which only allow email from our mail server. So we are not an open relay. Best, Jeff Logan ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
