Re: Shaw "service"

["Vaughn, Randal L." <RL_Vaughn () baylor edu>]

On Feb 21, 2011, at 8:09 PM, phester wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Feb 2011, Robert Slade wrote:
>
>
> > Pointless exercise.  Rowell, who called back, said I was sending spam, 
> > said he didn't say I was sending pam, said they were using a third-party 
> > service (senderbase.org), said he hadn't said they were using a third 
> > party service, said he was trying to help, didn't give any help, said 
> > they couldn't help me, and said that I shouldn't send email for two 
> > days.  He specifically would not let me talk to a supervisor or anyone 
> > who understood what the term "blacklist" meant.
>
> How does it feel to be in a third world country? Comcast has been 
> providing this service to Americans for a decade.
>
> I'm not sure what the international laws are, but it sure sounds like Shaw 
> is ripping off Comcast's intellectual property.
>
> My current ISP blocks outgoing SMTP. You have to send mail through them, 
> or tunnel out.
> _______________________________________________

Odd.  My current ISP blocks outgoing SMTP but will allow you to opt-out of
that block by calling tech support.  They then opt you back into the outgoing SMTP block
but will then volunteer to make your opt-out permanent.  "Oh, you wanted that opt-out to last forever?" After they do 
that they randomly opt you back into the outgoing SMTP block and then claim they don't block outgoing SMTP but will 
confirm you are on the permanent opt-out even if they decided to do so.  Usually there are questions about what email 
client you are using.  Of course, I claim to be using netcat whenever that question comes up.  "Yes, I said netcat - 
it's an Icanhascheeseburger-branded mail client"



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