 roamer1sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA | reply to fatmanskinny
Re: Spammers are already getting around this! said by fatmanskinny:
How? If Bellsouth's e-mail only recognize @bellsouth.net e-mails for outgoing, spammers just put a fictitious e-mail ending in @bellsouth.net and add a different REPLY TO e-mail when you try and reply to that @bellsouth.net address.
BellSouth.net doesn't do and AFAIK has never done what Verizon did (i.e., you don't have to use @bellsouth.net as your From: address). The point of blocking outbound port 25/tcp (note, INBOUND port 25/tcp is usually not blocked by ISPs that block outbound -- I don't know about BellSouth specifically) is to cut down on "relay rape" and "direct to MX" types of spamming, and allow the ISP to count/rate-limit outgoing emails from a user to help nip spammers in the bud.
Port 25/tcp blocking doesn't usually create problems with using other ISPs'/companies' AUTHENTICATED SMTP servers, since they usually run on other ports (commonly 465/tcp or 2525/tcp.)
-SC
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