Re: trapdoor.merit.edu and other impatient Postfix mailers everywhere (fwd)

[Steve Sobol <sjsobol () NorthShoreTechnologies net>]

Mitch Halmu wrote:

> "There will be a day when folks will need to pay to transit email."
> (Paul Vixie, 1998)
>
> That day has come.

> The inclusion of maps.vix.com references in the sendmail code has lead
> to predictable consequences. Let's hope this will serve as a warning to
> all sysadmins who can infere what's wrong with enterprises like MAPS
> from this incident.

Put away the tinfoil hat, Mitch. 


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