[ale] Re: If you're on Bellsouth DSL, I recommend changing providers.

Mike Murphy mike at tyderia.net
Wed Aug 18 14:32:57 EDT 2004


good, we agree: block port 25 *outbound*. What exactly is blocking port 
25 *inbound* buying us in way of spam protection again?

Mike


Jonathan Rickman wrote:
>>The major problem is the will of the few being imposed on the many.
> 
> 
> There are more folks out there who want to be rid of the spam nusaince than
> there are who want to run their own mail server, so this statement is
> patently false. People running their own mail servers on a DSL circuit are
> in such a small minority segment that they virtually do not exist from a
> statistical perspective. Most techies don't even run a mail server at their
> house. So in essence, that statement is patently false. I will not address
> the rest of your posting, because I don't want to get into a debate over the
> privacy of a communications medium that is horribly insecure to begin with.
> Not to mention the Reynolds WrapT factor involved.
> 
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> Jonathan
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