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Re: In need of help from Comcast
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:28:13 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Stewart, William C (Bill), RTSLS wrote:
For ISPs, it's important to make sure that abuse@ and similar NOC addresses don't block incoming mail. (Similarly, spam filters can make it difficult to submit spam complaints...)
Its easier said than done. Unfortunately, there are DOS attacks on ISP abuse@ (and other well known addresses) in progress. Perhaps all ISPs should always have enough capacity to handle an infinite number of messages to any contact; but reality sometimes intrudes. I don't know a good answer to the problem. You don't want filters on your Abuse contact, but then it gets abused. As a general policy the best I've come up with is Abuse should not be included in the "standard" corporate or ISP filters/blocks. However, Abuse may have separate filters to deal with abuse specifically directed at Abuse.
Current thread:
- In need of help from Comcast Ken Budd (Dec 12)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: In need of help from Comcast Stewart, William C (Bill), RTSLS (Dec 12)
- Re: In need of help from Comcast Suresh Ramasubramanian (Dec 12)
- Re: In need of help from Comcast Sean Donelan (Dec 12)