[nzlug] (OT) Sorbs etc, was Exim: Limiting outgoing connections on Debian

[Simon Lyall]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Tony Wills wrote:
> very little SPAM is generated from within NZ, and it is now illegal
> to send spam in NZ - offenders can and should be prosecuted.

I'm afraid you are wrong on both counts.

1. There are plenty (10% of all Internet connected home computers is a
good rule of thumb) of Zombie infected home computers in NZ that are
being used to send Spam.

2. The anti-spam bill has not yet passed into law and even when it does
there is a period of some months after that before it comes into effect.
Sending Spam won't be illegal until some time next year at the earliest.

> This has caused many problems and imposed direct costs on non-profit groups
> and small businesses that I have dealt with (cost transference).   Short
> term using ISPs as smarthosts may work, but now everyone is dependant upon
> their ISP's mailserver and any limits or charges imposed there (and for
> instance the unreliability and overload of Telstra's mail server earlier
> this year isn't encouraging).

There are plenty of options for using alternative Smarthosts than the
ISPs, several companies are in this business already and there is
nothing stopping you setting up a smarthost for your clients they can
send email via.

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