[Mimedefang] GMail (was Re: stripping Received headers based on authentication)
David F. Skoll
dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Wed Feb 17 20:45:29 EST 2010
Jan-Pieter Cornet wrote:
[...]
> I'm sure the information on the submitting IP isn't lost (hah, google
> and deleting data??!), it's just not publicly available. Google will
> surely dish up the info if they get abuse complaints. (... or a visit
> from the feds. Or a request from a big law firm. Or a request from any
> law enforcement agency anywhere on earth. Even from China or Pakistan.)
Yes, I might buy that argument if Google weren't a free email provider.
But it is; spambots can (and do) break CAPTCHAs of free email providers
and routinely use them to send spam. And although Google may be pretty
good at stopping spam, it's not perfect. I want the originating IP
address so I can use it in my decision-making process.
xs4all provides services to paying customers, so you at least have
some idea of the end-user's identity. Google has none at all.
-- David.
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