Re: [vps-mail] Dramatic increase of SPAM during last days

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 08:31:55 +0200, Sikaspam <sikaspam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That depends largely on how you define legitimate!
> 
> If you mean, "not a spammer" then I can't agree as I know several people 
> who run their own mail servers on ADSL and or cable connections for 
> various reasons. This number will only grow as users who install linux 
> boxen multiply.

But they should still be setting the MTA to smarthost through their ISP
instead of mailing direct-to-MX. I've been running my own mail server for
years and I used to do that even before people started blacklisting dynamic
IP addresses.

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