Re: Getting things done

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Youcef Rabah Rahal <rahal at arabeyes dot org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 May 2004 06:45, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >  3. Any comments/thoughts on Spam ?  We fixed one problem yet the open
> > relay issue is still there (meaning, any list member can be spoofed/forged
> > as recently happened to me).  Should we not accept any mails from open
> > relays (ie. institute RBL).
> 
> Not sure that blocking open relays will prevent cases like the recent one.
> ie: someone can spoof your email using his ISP's SMTP server (which is not
> an open relay) and it seems that's what happened :-)

So is there a remedy to what happened, or we simply have to bite the bullet
and live with it ?

> However, if we can block open relays it would be great. It may prevent the 
> lists from receiving automatically viruses and worms from those relays on 
> behalf of a subscriber (which may cause some disasters for those who think 
> the email comes from a friend).

The only concern here is that some legit people _might_ be using open relay
for legitimate reasons and so with our clamping down (ie. RBL) we might
exclude them - is this a reasonable thing to do ?

Salam.

 - Nadim


	
		
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