[Mimedefang] Blocking DSK & Cable modem users.

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:31 PM -0500 listuser at numbnuts.net wrote:

> IMHO no ISP should force its 
> customers to use it's own domain for outgoing email.  That's just plain 
> wrong.  If they want you to do advertising for them then they should pay 
> you for it.  Ask them to. :)  Somewhere I say a blacklist for providers 
> that rewrite or mandate the From.  I can't remember where I saw it though.

I'd love to know about such a thing. I agree, that's evil, and a good reason
for direct-to-MX.

> Ah yes.  You've got to love these lists.  I don't recommend blocking based 
> on them though.  I'd highly recommend you score against these.

I like SA's approach of using genetic analysis to determine the "quality" of
different lists, in some cases negative. Admins who use SA have the option of
zeroing out the scores for lists they don't approve of.