OT: flame on (was Re: [TriLUG] Debian Bigots)
Ed Warnicke
hagbard at physics.rutgers.edu
Mon Jul 29 23:53:13 EDT 2002
Ben,
I don't mean to be contrary ( and perhaps I
am just misreading your statements ), but I
see nothing in the AUP at
http://help.twcable.com/html/twc_misp_aup.html
forbidding the running of a mail server, or any other server
for that matter ( although what I do with that server may
run afoul of other provisions of the AUP ).
Am I missing something?
Ed
On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 22:59, Ben Pitzer wrote:
> Andy,
>
> Setting up a mail server is easy. Setting up a mail server to serve a
> large number of users is not easy. Setting up an enterprise class mail
> service to serve hundreds of thousands of users (no, I'm not
> exaggerating), many of whom like to set their mail clients to POP email
> once per minute, just so they don't miss anything, is very, very, VERY
> difficult. Please keep that in mind to begin with.
>
> Now, that being said, I'm sure you'll have a fairly easy time setting up
> your mail server, as it will be serving only you, and you can set
> Evolution, pine, mutt, elm, and any number of other mail clients to get
> the mail directly from your mail spool. I suggest Postfix, personally,
> which I've had a delightful time with, having set up my wife's business
> mail server.
>
> The fun part is that you had better make damned sure that you close your
> relay. Also, I hope you find a decent dynamic DNS service that will
> help you keep your mail server current at all times, as your IP can and
> will change on our service. It might not happen often, say once or
> twice a year, but it does happen. We perform maintenance, which can
> cause random users to lose their leases based on lease expirations,
> etc. (Just for the suspicious among you, it's very, very difficult to
> manipulate those lease times to coordinate with maintenance windows, and
> I have neither the time nor the inclination to listen to Andy's
> complaints were he to have an interruption of service). Changing leases
> makes it very impractical to set yourself up as a primary DNS service,
> so I suggest dyndns.org or some other similar dynamic DNS service.
>
> I will warn you, however, that I do everything I can to shut off
> customers who leave their mail relays open, especially residential
> customers who are running their own illegal mail servers (read your AUP,
> it's against the provisions stated therein). Closed relays don't bug
> me. Bandwidth isn't my issue, but spammers who cause my mail servers to
> have issues are. I've lost entirely too much sleep over the last two
> months to have any patience whatsoever for incompetent mail server
> admins, whatever their choice of OS or server package. My suggestion of
> postfix above is largely because it's pretty well closed off by default.
> Most Windows mail services aren't. You have been warned.
>
> Anyway, I'm off to perform a maintenance window for Columbia, SC.
> Haveaniceday.
>
> Regards,
> Ben Pitzer
>
> > I'd like to understand a little more as to why. I'm freeing up for time
> > shortly and I'm planning to set my own mail server up so that I can have
> > email thats at least as reliable as the postal service again (although
> > strangely I've started receiving mine today but it might be a fluke).
> >
> > -Andy
>
>
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