RE: [cobalt-users] Spam blocking

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In otherwords my ISP does not infect other networks on the
> net even if a user is infected with one of the mail viruses
> and because the mail server checks all outgoing mail for 
> viruses usually viruses can be nip in the bud so to speak My 
> ISP is very consumer frendly
> 

The only problem is there is at least one worm that checks the victims
email setup to find their ISP's SMTP address and relays through that.
Also, if you wanted, you can use port forwarding so you just change your
mail program to use a port besides port 25 for email. I could use
Comcast's SMTP from home, but I prefer to relay through my server
because I'm always tailing my maillog and I can see that my email went
out and was accepted at the recipient's mail server and I don't have to
be surprised 4 hours later by a message that my email was not delivered.

-- 
C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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