Re: How's this for fun?

[John Payne <john () sackheads org>]

On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:25 PM, Larry Seltzer wrote:

> There are numerous ways for collateral damage to be avoided when  
> ISPs block
> port 25: For instance, users can use port 587 where appropriate, or  
> ISPs can
> simply whitelist users who request not to be blocked.

There's at least one consumer ISP who has said that given their  
levels of churn, *one* support call eliminates *all* margin for that  
account for the lifetime of that account.

One support call to whitelist against blocking means from at that  
point onwards one more call and you're costing them money rather than  
making them money.
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