Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:58:16 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

Defaulting to an open relay is just spectacularly stupid.

Back in the 1990s, as the spam problem was just gathering steam, there
were some old-school sysadmins who vehemently insisted on their right to >continue maintaining open mail relays.

I was one of them, making the argument that abusers should be dealt with
rather than just hiding the problem. Unfortunately the makeup of the
internet was changing at the time and things were growing to the point
where admins were no longer able to keep track of their users and I think
a lot of us didn't see the impending train wreck and destruction of the community we knew and loved coming.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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