yahoo to use public key technology for anti-spam

[Ed Gerck]

Dan,

Using your own SMTP from a dynamic IP (cable, DSL and modem access, for
example) fails because of (the brain-dead) black-listing of dynamic IP blocks to
prevent spam -- see
http://dynablock.easynet.nl  and
http://www.pan-am.ca/pdl/

Also, as seems to be the norm now, most viruses come with a primitive
SMTP engine built into them -- which, again, taints dynamic IPs (since
many home machines are inflected).

Cheers,
Ed Gerck

Dan Geer wrote:

> I'm actually experimenting with sending mail directly,
> per this little hack[1], which does have separate paths
> for incoming and outgoing, but does not rely on the local
> hotspot/whatever.
>
> --dan

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