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Re: Pacbell.net blocks mail from Best?

#383
From: Larry Sherman
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:10
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> If it is the debate I'me remembering, it has been more like years.

Yeah.. it's been 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.

Some of you may remember when I announced we were going to close the
forgery loophole a couple of years ago.

This brought forth hundreds of phone calls and emails filled with fear,
tears and death threats.

We scratched the whole idea.. NEVER NEVER NEVER to be revisited.


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

This would've required a "Verio" pop account for each user.


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

When all the BEST accounts are migrated, our proxies will be powered
down. The new mail system implements pop-before-smtp.

-- Larry
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From: Larry Sherman <larrysh@best.net>
Newsgroups: best.general
Subject: Re: Pacbell.net blocks mail from Best?
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:10:15 +0000 (UTC)
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