RE: ARIN whois

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

Analogies never prove anything. Let's get our hands on the real thing
instead. Show me another way to run a third-party e-mail gateway that
doesn't require a smart relay somewhere. Oh yeah, do it with sendmail.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Campbell [mailto:bc () vicious dropbear id au]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 1:18 AM
> To: Roeland M.J. Meyer
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: RE: ARIN whois
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
>
> > > What "legitimate business purposes" necessitate leaving SMTP
> > > relays open
> > > to the world?
> >
> > How about running a commercial email gateway?
>
> Lets try another analogy set, ie  You run a gas station.
>
> open-relay:
>       You give out free fuel to whoever turns up in a vehicle
> capable of
>       accepting fuel from your bowser.
>
> pop-before-smtp authentication:
>       You require a valid corporate fleet card before handing
> out fuel.
>
> full-anti-relay:
>       You require payment before letting them near the bowser.
>
> trusted-hosts or IP-based access lists:
>       If their numberplate is in a certain range, give them free fuel.
>
> > How about commercial anonymous re-mailers?
>
> Ah, this would be:
>
>       You give out free fuel on sighting, but not verifying,
> a corporate
>       fleet card, and give them a new car.
>
> --==--
> Bruce.
>
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