The Real Cause of SPAM - Open SMTP Relays

Written by Stephen Bucaro


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They should not relay messages that originated from open relay SMTP servers. There are several services that maintain lists of open relays onrepparttar Internet.

Www.ordb.org Open Relay Database www.mail-abuse.org Mail Abuse Prevention System http://relays.osirusoft.com Osirusoft

Osirusoft has a link that enables you to test your email server to see if it is open relay.

An administrator can configure their SMTP servers to check one of these lists and reject messages from domains onrepparttar 131833 list. They should also configure their SMTP servers to accept messages only from connections that authenticate first. Authentication requiresrepparttar 131834 originating server to provide a security certificate which verifiesrepparttar 131835 servers identity.

SPAM can be eradicated today ifrepparttar 131836 incompetent system administrators that have their SMTP servers configured as open relays would learn how to specify which domains they will allow to relay messages through their servers. They should not be relaying messages that originated from servers onrepparttar 131837 open relay list. ---------------------------------------------------------- Resource Box: Copyright(C)2002 Bucaro TecHelp. To learn how to maintain your computer and use it more effectively to design a Web site and make money onrepparttar 131838 Web visit http://bucarotechelp.com To subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter Send a blank email to bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com ----------------------------------------------------------

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The dream I nearly gave up ......

Written by Nicholas Dixon


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Then it began.Six months after hours of tedious work , I broke intorepparttar top ten forrepparttar 131831 search term “Mandeville , Jamaica”.I was elated by that achievement , because ofrepparttar 131832 obstacles that I had faced and because most of my competitors wererepparttar 131833 “big boys”. A few months later I won an award forrepparttar 131834 work that I did on my website and to top it all – a number 1 (# 1 ) listing in Google , Yahoo and AOL.This was accomplished by overcoming many obstacles alongrepparttar 131835 way most of which I just ran right over.

This experience taught me a lot about life and how I should follow my dreams through to end.So my friends in whatever you are striving for at this very moment and you are not seeing any results , push on.Because once you do so success WILL come , it's just a matter of time.Keep on hanging in there , my brothers and sisters and I will see you atrepparttar 131836 bank.Remember , life always goes in favor ofrepparttar 131837 brave and action taker.What action are you taking today to achieve your goals ?

To your success and mine ,

©2003 Nicholas Dixon

Nicholas Dixon is the Webmaster/CIO for the Oceanroc family of websites.A positive minded individual in his early twenties , Nicholas believes in striving to be the best of one's self in this world.His mission for you his readers , is for you to feel the same way about yourself.You can visit his online store at WWW.Cafeshops.com/Oceanroc.




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