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+- Some servers are dedicated, but hidden behind a dynamic ip and
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+a dynamic dns. So a generic domain name, available as a free service, points to
+an always changing ip, given by an isp, and makes it hard to track the bad guy.
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+- MANY spammers use "Open relay" servers: basically, smtp, the protocol for sending mail,
+is stupid. It sends mail, period.
+If your smtp server is not configured to check which ips are valid for relaying,
+anybody can use it to relay his own mail. Therefore, the malicious user
+is masked and the server exposed to blacklisting... will be yours, not his.
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+THIS IS TRUE FOR YOUR ISPS HUUUGE smtp machines, but it is true for your home pc too:
+windows 2000, xp, everthing since NT 4 holds a free, enabled smtp server.
+To make a long story short, solution: firewall your pc.
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+(Created by Emperor on 05-17-2004 17:41)
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