RE: [cobalt-users] Get me off the ORBS list

["Dom Latter" <d.latter@xxxxxxx>]

> btw  we had a run in 2 years ago...and even had the attorney
> general say we

I'm sure the attorney general has a *very* good grasp of how email
works... hell, 95% of people seem unaware that the "From:" field
is completely meaningless!

Fact: there is *no* reason to leave your server as an *open* relay.

Fact: there's still not much reason to relay even from defined IPs / ISPs.

Fact: spammers *will* find and abuse an open relay.

Fact: when they do, it's you, your users and your customers that will
suffer.

Bad analogy time - say you lived in a town and there's a bunch of bad guys
who like to burgle houses.  Trouble is, they need a getaway car to be
successful.
For some reason nobody will sell them a car.  However, every time they
manage
to steal a car, they break into a load of houses.

Now, if my neighbour said to me, "hey, why can't I leave my car unlocked
with the keys in the ignition, *I* don't use it as a getaway car" I would
suspect that they didn't understand the problem....


A happy Christmas / non-religion-specific-holiday-season to you all,
especially those I've managed to offend over the past year.

Back in January.