On Tuesday 01 August 2006 17:49, John D. Hardin wrote: > Please don't pollute the IMAP and POP protocols this way. The problem > can be easily solved with no changes to existing tools if the ISP > blocks all outbound SMTP from their dynamic client ranges and requires > SMTP AUTH via their mail servers for outbound email.
That solves nothing. Carried to the logical extension, why not just route ALL email through governments. SMTP was designed for direct delivery. ISPs do not and can not filter all mail, and when they try they invariably become part of the problem. In fact, spam friendly ISPs are a bigger problem than 100,000 linux users running their own MTA. What upstream is going to shut down a fat contract ISP because of spam? Your elitist attitude is not really helpful. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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