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Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm


From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Emacs 21.2, smtpmail and vm
Date: 30 Jan 2003 10:40:03 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50

> but there are practical problems: You cannot easily abuse a DNS server
> as a client, but you can very easily abuse a SMTP server as a client
> (spam).  Just because people with their laptops get their IP from an
> ISP doesn't mean that the ISP know whom that person is, or know how to
> sue her when she sends spam through their network.  If people route
> their stuff via their home, it is not the ISPs problem any more.

To get an IP number from an ISP, you already need some kind of
authentication, as far as I can see.  There are plenty of nasty things you
can do with an access to the internet other than spam (think SQL worm) and
they should be able to trace that back to you as well.


        Stefan


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