[PLUG] Covad DSL?

Ed Sawicki ed at alcpress.com
Fri Jul 18 18:29:02 UTC 2003


On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 17:58, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 17:05, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> > > > I assume that you don't really mean this. You already stated that the
> > > > firewall should block mail from all IP addresses not on the white list.
> > >
> > > Actually, he said it would be easier for YOU to maintain whitelists, not
> > > that he would like to do that himself.
> >
> > Well, I don't know if he said/meant that. We'll have to go back to the
> > authoritative source.
> 
> Why would you assume a contradiction where there is a perfectly rational
> consistent interpretation?


OK, here's the earliest copy of the message exchange
that I have on hand (I already deleted the Derek's
original response because I didn't know there would
be a postmortem):

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On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 16:33, Derek Loree wrote:

> Seems like it would be easier to keep a list of IP addresses that you
> want to receive mail from, then let the firewall drop everyone else. 
> Then if anyone in the company sends an email to a new IP address, they
> just tell you and you add it to the list.

That's exactly what I do. We maintain a white list so
we can still communicate with people who are within the
black listed netblock.


> I'm against blocking email by IP address, the availability of
legitimate
> email suffers too much with this kind of filtering.

I assume that you don't really mean this. You already stated
that the firewall should block mail from all IP addresses not
on the white list.
---

You then replied:

---
Actually, he said it would be easier for YOU to maintain whitelists, not
that he would like to do that himself.
---

I don't think Derek was talking about my workload versus his
workload and there are no words in the message to indicate that.
I think he was talking about the wisdom of ANYONE blocking email
by large IP address ranges. But I don't have any idea whether he
really meant that because I'm not Derek. I also know that you're
not Derek.

The best solution would be for Derek to respond, but he's
probably wondering why this silly exchange has gone as far as it
has - as I am. This is a tough list to be on. Lots of nits to be
picked at and I guess I started it by telling Derek that he didn't
mean what he said. I'll try not to do that again.






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