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On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:46:29 -0400, Tom Metro wrote: > Rich Braun wrote: >> Tom Metro asked: >>> ...the vast majority of ISPs have customers using dynamic IP >>> ranges connecting to a mail relay. These dynamic IP addresses almost >>> always appear in some of the headers. >> > ...probably fewer than 1% of ISP customers fit into your description: >> most of us punt on having our mail servers and just use the ISP's >> webmail service. > > I agree that those who run their own servers make up a tiny minority, > but I would guess there is still a significant percentage that relay > mail through their ISP from a desktop client. Webmail may be popular, > but aren't major ISPs, like Comcast, still distributing software bundles > that configure a user's desktop to connect to their servers using > Outlook Express or some other desktop MUA? > > Messages relayed from desktop users should have essentially the same > traces of dynamic IPs embedded in the headers. Perhaps, but it's possible that passage through a downstream trusted MTA "sanitizes" them (i. e. that AOL trusts Comcast's servers if it comes from them).
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