[plug] iinet and spam

[Adrian Woodley]

I've been with IINet for about 4 years (started with Wantree before they 
"merged") and they don't have much spam come through, however this is 
changing. I have noticed a slight increase in spam, but nothing a rude 
letter and the threat of bouncing the email back from every mail server 
I administer can't handle :)
What I am impressed with IINet mail system is how it handles other 
domains a use rmay have registered. I own the Diskworld.com.au domain, 
but don't have a static IP to attatch it to. They offer a service where 
the mail server for diskworld is mail.iinet.net.au and it is then 
delivered to port 25 on my mail server, which has a dynamic IP, when I 
check my iinet email account. Thus I can maintain my own mail server 
without having to fork out for a static IP.
This is a much nicer service than others I've seen that use fetchmail.

I'd still like a static IP though :)

Adrian

Daniel wrote:

> 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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