Trial accounts (Re: MAKE SPAM ...etc...)

Paul A Vixie paul at vix.com
Thu Aug 22 15:58:01 UTC 1996


> I doubt many (esp. large providers) will start filtering IP/SMTP
> traffic because (1) filters suck precious CPU, (2) they'd have to
> maintain frequently changing filter lists, (3) and they'd increase
> potential liability for traffic monitoring/filtering.

(1) a Null0 route works fine, and costs no additional CPU.
(2) i'm going to start a WWW page to register "bad" nets.
(3) several nationwide ISPs _are_ blocking moneyworld's net.





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