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Re: Getting things done



Salam,

Did you disable open relay already? Just a while ago I
tried to send a message to the general list and it was
rejected...

Maybe it was just a coincedence. Sorry to bother :)

Abdulaziz,

--- Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com> wrote:
> --- 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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