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Re: Fun new policy at AOL
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () telecomplete co uk>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:58:29 +0100 (BST)
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Matthew Crocker wrote:
Shouldn't customers that purchase IP services from an ISP use the ISPs mail server as a smart host for outbound mail?Shouldn't. There are privacy implications of having mail to be recorded (even temporarily) at someone's disk drive.If your ISP violates your privacy or has a privacy policy you don't like, find another one. If your ISP doesn't allow your domain through, attachments of a certain size or quantity of RCPT TOs, find another one. If the ISP is too restrictive you can't do what you want, find another one If the ISP isn't restrictive and your IP gets black holed because of another customer, find another one. The market will decide what is acceptable.
If one ISP (Demon has been mentioned) has the ability for end users on static IPs to smtp to other major ISPs (AOL has been mentioned) but lots of other ISPs cant send mail from end users to these major ISPs .. arent these major ISPs producing an anti-competitive market? Steve
Current thread:
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL, (continued)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Matthew Crocker (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Petri Helenius (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Clayton Fiske (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Roland Perry (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Ray Wong (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Vadim Antonov (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Matthew Crocker (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Vadim Antonov (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Roland Perry (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Paul Vixie (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Stephen J. Wilcox (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Tony Hain (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL JC Dill (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Nathan J. Mehl (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Omachonu Ogali (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Roland Perry (Aug 29)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Roland Perry (Aug 28)