From: mouss (moussnetoyen.net)
Date: Tue May 13 2008 - 13:58:39 CDT

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Lee Quince wrote:
> Jorey,
>
> Still missing the point...
>
> Most ISP's still only allow you to relay when connected to one of there
> own connection's.
>
> 95% of users still use unauthenticated SMTP.
>
> 5% of users use authenticated SMTP.
>
> Hence lets reduce the bigger problem. "What the Customer wants"
>

whatever the situation is, you have absolutely no authority to hijack
traffic. you can block port 25 (possibly with a reject text that you
hope will be understandable by the user). you can block all traffic if
you want. but you should not redirect traffic. if my client connects to
a server and this server claims to be foo.example.com when it is not,
there are names for that: lies, hijacking, attack, ... etc. Networks
that act this way have chosen to get out of honest practice (if not out
of law) and should be attacked until they get down (I am only half joking).

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