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Re: [Asrg] Email service assumptions and making system-wide changes

2006-01-18 16:56:15

On January 18, 2006 at 09:48 Danny_Angus(_at_)slc(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk (Danny 
Angus) wrote:



So by your reasoning we shouldn't have bothered to close the open
relays?

A truly effective solution to the real problem would not *require* that
open relays be closed, it would involve a transaction between the sender
and the recipient, not impose a constraint on the transport layer.


In other words, it'd find some other way to achieve the same effect of
closing open relays.

I suppose one could argue that simply forbidding unauthorized
third-party email to be forwarded through their system seems a
heavy-handed way to accomplish the desired effect.

But then again it's not clear how any other solution could allow
forwarding of unauthorized third-party mail w/o problem, though I
suppose variations on the basic theme could arise.

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