[Info-vax] VAXstation 4000s available on ebay

[Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER]

In article <kj6qh4$hb1$2 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
>In article <5156d078$0$26879$e4fe514c at dreader37.news.xs4all.nl>, MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes: 
>> Running a mail server on an antiquated platform, directly exposed
>> to 'the internet', would that be a good idea in general?  I would
>> probably be more worried about /other/ potential hazards...

Exposing VMS to the internet is not that as exposing Windoof to it...

>I haven't had any other problems.  Spamhaus gets rid of most spam, and 
>most of the rest is sent to a non-existent user, so I drop such 
>connections (doesn't work on VAX because the latest TCPIP is too old).  

If you want AntiSPAM on VAXen then stick with MX (which is probably
still better than most recent TCPIP's AntiSPAM).

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Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTÖGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
E-mail  Peter at LANGSTOeGER.at
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