[tor-relays] German company Webtropia: Terminated contract without notice because of abuse

tor at t-3.net tor at t-3.net
Wed Jul 30 14:09:01 UTC 2014


Let's not confuse two things, here. The customer wanting to host a Tor 
exit relay is a different service request than wanting to run a 
wide-open SMTP relay. No reputable ISP would agree to host an open 
SMTP relay and I'm sure this one did not knowingly do so.

It would be unfortunate for ISPs to come under the incorrect 
impression that hosting Tor is equal to hosting open SMTP. ISPs which 
might have been Tor-friendly at the outset would do a 180 and 
unnecessarily adopt a No-Tor service policy.

 On 07/30/2014 03:39 PM, Lunar wrote:
 > tor at t-3.net:
 >> You somewhat made a mistake here - you've got to have an exit 
policy that
 >> (minimally) rejects ports 25 and 465, or else your relay becomes a 
giant
 >> abuse tool for spammers, scammers, and phishers instead of what 
you intended
 >> it to be (which was a standard-functioning Tor relay).
 >
 > Please don't blame the victim. If this ISP acted differently than 
what
 > they initially promised, then they are the problem.
 >





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