Re: Someone's using my address for spam

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From: Mike Mann
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 00:00

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On 09 Nov 2000 06:41:01 +0000, Graham Murray <newspost@gmurray.org.uk>
wrote:

>In demon.service, news1@polka.redowa.co.uk (Tim Willets) writes:
>
>> In fact, as some Demon customers have been knowm to misconfigure their
>> MTAs so that they operate as open relays Demon's own mail servers
>> have at times appeared in ORBS listings. Would you be happy not to
>> receive any mail from any *.demon.* address because one customer got
>> their sendmail configuration wrong?

>Why should this affect *all* Demon customers? Demon provide fixed IP
>addresses, so if a customer inadvertently acts as a relay then only
>that customer's IP address should be placed on the blocking lists.

Because most Demon customers use post.demon.co.uk as a relay for their
outgoing mail.  So UCE routed through a customer's open relay is also
commonly routed through Demon's relay before reaching its destination.

Regards, Mike.

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From: Mike Mann <mike@kempston.net>
Subject: Re: Someone's using my address for spam
Date: 2000/11/09
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