from the quill of Brad Knowles <brad@his.com> on scroll
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> Do you know how many SunOS 4.1.x sites are still out there using
> something based on sendmail 4.x? Any/all of them can easily be used
> as mail relays. As well as anyone running OS/2 sendmail (ported by
> IBM, lots of functionality missing because the OS can't provide the
> necessary features). Or many of the other popular SMTP MTAs.
>
> No, folded into version 8 sendmail or not, we'd still be
> seriously in the minority.
Yeah, until peer and/or financial pressure is applied.
> I don't like AOL being used as a source of junk mail anymore than
> you do, but we do have to presume innocence (this is the U.S., after
> all), and we do deal with criminal types quickly (unlike certain
> other providers, who I submit should be the real focus of your
> connection refusals, if you really want to go that route). Now, if
> there were some laws with real teeth, the whole bloody problem would
> simply go away....
Ah, yes. The other answer to the problem. :-)
b.
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