on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 11:03:21PM -0800, Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 09:41:11PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > The problem of _not_ enforcing use of smart hosts is that you've now got > > viral spew from many point sources rather than a single point (or small > > set of points) which can be reasonably filtered, monitored, and/or > > controlled. > > I'm not big on enforcing smarthosts. For one thing, my upstream > couldn't run a mail server if it's life depended on it. So why > eliminate small but working sites from being able to mail, forcing > them to forward everything through broken sites?
I don't like it either, Paul, but it's a losing battle. If you can't host your own smarthost on your DSL / cable connection, then find someone on non-dynamic space who can. Pragmatics rule out here. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > What other group has its predominant slur based on honest labor? "programmer" - Rick Moen
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