Re: [cobalt-users] Open Relaying

[Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Once upon a time, rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Out of curiosity, why would they do this? I can't seem to come up with a
> logical or useful reason from their end. It even seems counterproductive;
> after all, if I send a terrorist threat and use someone else's SMTP rather
> than theirs, whatever ramifications or exposure they might fear would be
> reduced, right?

Tracking would be my guess.  If there is a complaint about someone
sending spam through AOL's network, they can verify it with their server
logs.  A lot of spammers put @aol.com in the headers when the message is
not sent through AOL.

Also, they may do outbound filtering to try to catch spam on the way
out.
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Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.