On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 11:08:07AM -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote: > > My ISP also supplies an NNTP server as well. Is there some special reason > that I should use that too even if I want to use another server? The Yup. Your ISP's NNTP server is the closest one there is to you (note that I'm speaking from a topological viewpoint, not a geographical one). Using any other will very probably involve one which is further away from you and therefore have a worse/longer connection than your ISP's. > to non-subscribers. What exactly are we trying to prove here? Clearly the > decision to use a *bad* RBL is done by a person who doesn't understand > that this is a *bad* policy. Apparently, you appear to know what RBL Red Hat is using. Could you share this information with us? I, for one, would be very interested in this. > I live in an area (like *most* people) who have exactly one choice for > their ISP. I (and many of my friends) prefer to use my ISP for supplying > bandwidth and nameserver resolution, and to not use them for anything else > if I can help it. Then just configure your ISP's SMTP server as failover relay. That way, it will be used only if your server failed to deliver the message. > choose the wrong RBLs. Selecting an RBL that wipes out an entire set of > ranges is different from selecting an RBL that targets specific spammers. Not always. While I'm not a big of RBLs, I find using DULs completely acceptable. > Red Hat has chosen a bad RBL. Their choice, their decision. Emmanuel
