[plug] iinet and spam

[Daniel]

Hi Plug, I wrote just now about Tagged Message Delivery Agent as a possible 
solution to spam. (http://software.libertine.org/tmda/ )
I forgot to mention that I asked support at iinet if they would help - this 
is their reply:

"If you wish to install TMDA on your machine and use it as a mail server iiNet
has no problems with this.  However we do not have it installed on our mail
server and their is no plans to install this application at this point and 
time."

Surely if I had a permanent connection with a fixed ip running a mail 
server I might not need or want their e-mail service at all.

Would I be wrong in thinking that besides stopping their systems being used 
for mail relay - they have no concerns about users receiving spam and if 
pressed would probably just suggest the deletion method, or am I jumping to 
conclusions?

Wouldn't all ISPs benefit from reduced mail traffic and happier users if 
they had something like tmda to bounce back unwanted e-mails?
Isn't there a commercial benefit in it for them?  What am I missing?

Regards,
Daniel.


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