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Re: Getting things done
- To: "Administrative (website/upkeep) Discussions" <admin at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Getting things done
- From: Abdulaziz Al-Arfaj <alarfaj0 at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 11:48:06 -0700 (PDT)
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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