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Re: [Asrg] Opt-Out Notes: too complicated, ignoring history

2003-03-28 09:26:39
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 23:13:45 EST, John R Levine said:

       All your MXs and other relays need to know the
       preference of every _user_ they relay for, unless they relay only fo
r
       single-user sites.

This is the "every user's entitled to receive all spam" fallacy again.

No.  This is the "PSMTP.COM" problem.  This *ONE* site is the MX for literally
kajillions of domains - I have one Listserv box that has routed 4,985 pieces
of mail there in the last week, and that's for 156 different domains.  And
that's just *MY* one server.  There's no way they can advertise the correct
policy for all 156 domains unless there is a one-size-fits-all policy at
psmtp.com.

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