Re: Pacbell.net blocks mail from Best?

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From: Malcolm Hoar
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:49

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In article <9p069j$2dnk$1@nntp1.ba.best.com>, falconer@best.com (Edward A. Falk) wrote:

>proxy2.ba.best.com was listed in several databases, all for the
>crime of being an open relay, subject to hijacking by spammers.

All of the proxy/MX hosts are semi-open. They're not wide
open although there is some potential for abuse. I'm not
sure I want to give away the details but it's not exactly
a huge secret.

>My recollection is that this has been an on-going problem for
>months.  Verio/Best has their own reasons for not closing the relay,
>but I can't remember what those reasons are.

Too many customers and legit. users of those hosts have
non-Best IP's. There was an attempt to implement a POP-
before-SMTP thingy but it ran into a last-minute brick-wall.
I don't believe the details of that problem were ever 
published. And it was likely assumed at the time, that the
Great Migration would be ancient history by now!

-- 
Malcolm Hoar
malch@malch.com
Kant spell Neetchie

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From: malch@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar)
Newsgroups: best.general
Subject: Re: Pacbell.net blocks mail from Best?
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:49:56 GMT
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