Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Blocking rima-tde.net, was Re: *****SPAM***** [linux-audio-dev] WINNING NOTIFICATION
From: Joern Nettingsmeier (nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 20:17:32 EEST
Uwe Koloska wrote:
> Joern Nettingsmeier wrote:
> > but still: don't run your own smtp.
>
> I hope you mean: don't run your own smtp that delivers directly!
of course.
> It's very convenient to have my own smtp -- but I'm using my ISPs smtp
> as a relay.
so do i, but the important part is: the isp's relay knows my identity
and can take action against me if i abuse their service, and the
recipients of my mails know who to yell at.
thanks for the clarification, my wording was not sufficiently precise.
running a local smtp server that forwards all mail to a "smart host" is
of course standard practice and perfectly acceptable.
-- Progress (n.): The process through which the Internet has evolved from smart people in front of dumb terminals to dumb people in front of smart terminals. - stolen from Steve Meuse's sigJörn Nettingsmeier Kurfürstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server) http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ (Linux Audio Developers)
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