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Re: Fun new policy at AOL
From: Ray Wong <rayw () rayw net>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:26:53 -0700
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:29:42PM -0700, Michel Py wrote:
However, trying to be pragmatic, this is a situation that will eventually solve by itself: Since having {Pacific Bell | your ISP} do anything about it is not an option, when these customers are trying to email to {AOL | some ISP} and are blocked, they will try first to have if {AOL | some ISP} to whitelist the address; if it can't be done they will say "get an ISP that does not suck".
Of course, it's also possible people will just work around it, like so many other things. Postfix transport maps allow relaying of specific domains through (for example) pacbell's mail server, as does Qmail's smtproute file, no? "I'm supporting a handful of smaller sites, and don't have the time to chase down some support drone to request whitelistings." It's just too easy to add "aol.com SMTP:mail.sbcglobal.net" or whatever. If an incompetently run ISP relay server makes AOL happy, then their customers can enjoy having mail delayed for the extra hours and maybe dropped altogether. Eventually things will implode. Until then, I predict poorly thought out hacks will be answered with other poorly thought out hacks. =) -- Ray Wong rayw () rayw net
Current thread:
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL, (continued)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Paul Vixie (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Roland Perry (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL John Palmer (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Simon Waters (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Johnny Eriksson (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Susan Zeigler (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Dr. Jeffrey Race (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Stephen J. Wilcox (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Dr. Jeffrey Race (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Michel Py (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Ray Wong (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Gary E. Miller (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Jack Bates (Aug 29)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Michel Py (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Jack Bates (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL JC Dill (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Jack Bates (Aug 29)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Michel Py (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Miquel van Smoorenburg (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Simon Lockhart (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Mikael Abrahamsson (Aug 29)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Vivien M. (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Simon Lockhart (Aug 29)