Thats not true really, I am employed at an ISP and our Forwards and reverses all match, and we have a /19.
-Drew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:50 PM Subject: Re: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Nichel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:20 AM > Subject: Re: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be > OT] > > > > Drew Weaver wrote: > > > Since you're probably violating your ISPs ToS anyway I guess it doesnt > > > matter if AOL doesn't accept your mail. > > > > > > -Drew > > > > Yes and no. I have a business account, and am allowed to run things > > such as web servers and mail servers. In their business TOS, it says > > nothing about me running these items on either static or dynamic ip's > > (my account has one static and 5 dynamic ip's). I use the static for my > > business website, my mail server is on one of the dynamic ip's, and a > > gateway set up on one of the other dynamics. Their general TOS does > > state that dynamic users (regular home users) can not run these items > > though. So it's kind of a grey area. > > No gray area at all. You are running a Dynamic IP which will not pass the > Reverse DNS lookup many email servers (including mine) will do when you > attempt to send it. > > > > > I'm not saying that AOL is wrong for this, as I'm sure a ton of SPAM > > comes from people running mail servers inside their own house. > > They aren't wrong anymore than most of the rest of us ISPs are. The hits > from a certain Cable Company in Bejing would astound you. The server will > get hit about 5 times a minute from an ip address that ends in 130. If you > have an open relay, it will sense it and begin sending spam to the tune of > about 30k a day. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
