[PLUG] How dangerous is handling my own mail?

[Paul Johnson]

Jeme A Brelin <jeme at brelin.net> writes:

> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Brent Rieck wrote:
>> Jeme A Brelin wrote:
>> > Oh, right... make sure you never provide that kind of a useful public
>> > service, else some people will block all mail from you and make so that
>> > others block mail from you as well.
>>
>> Can one run an open relay and not be used by spammers?
>
> Certainly not when everyone else's relays are closed.
>
> But what's the harm in some of your bandwidth being used for spam when it
> is also being used for legitimate email?

Why should I subsidize someone else's illegitimate business in any
way?

> We're not going to beat spam by locking down every mailserver in the
> world.  That's just an absurd notion.  Better to open up our servers
> and beat the spam by potentially effective means.

I like how you make the suggestion, but please enlighten us as to what
you call "effective means."  How long have you been fighting spam,
Jeme?

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