🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <9p069j$2dnk$1@nntp1.ba.best.com>
	falconer@best.com (Edward A. Falk) writes:
>OK, I visited relays.osirusoft.com and went to their "rblcheck"
>page and typed in "proxy2.ba.best.com"
>
>(Apparently Osirusoft doesn't actually maintain all the blacklists
>they publish; they also collect the various blacklists maintained
>by others into one place.  I think that's a pretty nice service,
>actually.)
>
>proxy2.ba.best.com was listed in several databases, all for the
>crime of being an open relay, subject to hijacking by spammers.
>
>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.

If it is the debate I'me remembering, it has been more like years.

Best wants to have their mail proxies available to their customers
who are "roaming" and connected through some other dialup.  So
they'll take mail that is "From: foo@best.com" from anyone, and
the list makers don't like that.

I figured this would go away with dumping everyone on the Verio POPs.
Then they have national dialup and the proxies can be closed.

Either that, or the problem will go away when the last Best customer
walks out the door.

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