Subj : Sage
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Sun Apr 24 2016 17:41:00

Good ${greeting_time}, Michiel!

24 Apr 2016 15:37:08, you wrote to Tommi Koivula:

 TK>> When I got the HE account not so many years ago, I noticed that
 TK>> they blocked port 25. I was told that I must be sage to get it
 TK>> opened. So I did. ;)
 MvdV> Rumour has it that they also block IRC if you are not a a sage.
 MvdV> I wonder what else they block. I can have some sympathy for
 MvdV> blocking port 25. If you do not know what you are doing, you
 MvdV> might become an accomplice in spreading spam. It is a good
 MvdV> incentive. But IRC?

IRC is commonly used as a control channel for spam robots.


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