RBL Update (Re: Lets go vixie!! rbl)

Thu Jun 18 18:47:13 UTC 1998

On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Karl Denninger wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 07:12:23PM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote:
> 
> 	SENDER >>>>>> Relay ---------- Internet -------- MX of Recipient
> 								|
> 								|
> 								|
> 							    RECIPIENT
> 
> In the middle, the "Internet", you only have a packet flow.  You can't 
> block "SPAM" in the middle, because you don't know what is and is not 
> spam since none of the machines in the middle do anything other than 
> route a packet flow from one place to another.

<joke>
conf t
ip spam protect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx = host for preprocessing email and removing spam
</joke>
;)

> -- 
> Karl Denninger (karl at MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin
> http://www.mcs.net/          | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV
> 			     | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%!
> Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
> Fax:   [+1 312 803-4929]     | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost
>