Thu, 8 May 1997 19:23:00 +0200
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On May 8, 12:34, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> AOL has decided to unilaterally violate RFC1123, sections 5.2.19,
Ahh, but then RFC1123 is dated October 1989, and says:
Security Considerations
There are many security issues in the application and support
programs of host software, but a full discussion is beyond the scope
of this RFC.
Things were different in those days.
> Quite frankly, this is no way to run an Internet. Once the DRUMS
Have you tried talking to spammers about that? Obviously, I don't
know exactly why AOL has implemented this change, but there probably
is a good reason (if not, why do it?). Here's a note from one of
our customers in a somewhat remote, small European country:
> Dear all
>
> Ours machines are already in the spammer lists :-(
>
> Last Sunday someone from answerme.com used our relay to SPAM thousands
> of AOL users. This action began at 2 a.m. and the result was that by 9
> a.m. our server went down.
>
> Take care.
>
> David
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