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Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:33:22 -0500
On 3/25/2014 11:18 PM, John Levine wrote:
3. Arguing about IPv6 in the context of requirements upon SMTP connections is playing that uncomfortable game with ones own combat boots. And not particularly productive.If you can figure out how to do effective spam filtering without looking at the IP addresses from which mail arrives, you will be in a position to make a whole lot of money. But, as always, I'm not holding my breath.
Is spam fighting really about SMTP? Or is it about abuse of the transport layer by (among other things) the SMTP?
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Current thread:
- Re: IPv6 address literals probably aren't SMTP either, (continued)
- Re: IPv6 address literals probably aren't SMTP either John Levine (Mar 26)
- Re: IPv6 address literals probably aren't SMTP either Robert Drake (Mar 26)
- Re: IPv6 address literals probably aren't SMTP either John R. Levine (Mar 26)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Owen DeLong (Mar 26)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Franck Martin (Mar 27)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Owen DeLong (Mar 27)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Tony Finch (Mar 27)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Jimmy Hess (Mar 25)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Dave Crocker (Mar 26)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Jeff Kell (Mar 25)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP John Levine (Mar 25)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Barry Shein (Mar 26)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Dave Crocker (Mar 26)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Barry Shein (Mar 26)
- Re: IPv6 isn't SMTP Blake Hudson (Mar 27)