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Matt Shields wrote: > Possibly, but there are legitimate reason not to block it and not > everyone is using it to spam. That's perhaps an understatement. :-) I'd guess that there has been a fraction of a percent of Comcast cable modem users who have chosen to intentionally send spam. The rest are people with poorly maintained computers that have been taken over by zombies. That problem is easily addressed by blocking outbound port 25 by default, but permit it to be unblocked upon request. A user who knows enough to ask for it to be unblocked is fairly unlikely to be hosting zombies. Of course the spam argument doesn't really apply to blocking inbound port 25. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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