[ILUG] Best Email Server to Use

[Michele Neylon :: Blacknight]

On 1 Aug 2008, at 10:52, Colm Buckley wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight <michele at blacknight.ie 
> > wrote:
>
> The ones referring to email format ie. what data should be contained  
> in an email.
> Gmail / Google Apps does not include the sender's ip, which makes it  
> the perfect avenue for abusive emails of all types
>
> Which RFC is that in?  I just want to collect chapter and verse on  
> this so that I can take it up internally.

All of the RFCs on mail format cover what is meant to be in there.  
Unfortunately I can't access the IETF site at the moment, so I can't  
give you RFC numbers

>
>
> If I wanted to send threatening emails, scam emails, abusive emails  
> to former employers etc., Gmail / Google Apps would be the platform  
> of choice
>
> Because there's no other way to hide one's IP, or otherwise  
> anonymize email, using a service which requires a signup procedure  
> is the way to go?

Gmail makes hiding your IP too easy.

All the other free webmail providers don't hide the original sender IP  
so you can deal directly with the source of the problem, be that as a  
source of spam, verbal abuse etc.,

You don't see yahoo's mail servers ALL being blacklisted, but you do  
see it happening to Gmail regularly.

Google also does really dumb things with mail from things like  
Analytics which breaks SPF / Sender ID (see longer explanation here: http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2007/05/25/google-doesnt-respect-email/)





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