On Fri, 4 May 2001 01:09:20 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> On Thu, 3 May 2001 01:04:56 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> What WWW-based free email providers are available, Arachne-friendly, and offer
>> POP3 access? Telebot server seems to have long downtimes, and Hotmail, under
>> MS ownership, is not so hot, from what I hear, if you're not using MSIE.
> Sam Heywood responded:
> Another problem with Telebot is that it has been identified as an "open
> relay". For that reason you can't send messages to people having email
> addresses at ISPs where spam filters are turned on.
> (snip)
> How long has Telebot's mail server been an open relay? I presume it's in ORBS
> database? Some time back, their SMTP required authentication.
Don't know. Maybe the open relay problem has been fixed. I haven't
checked it out recently. I can't log in anymore. Maybe the server is
always down whenever I attempt to log in. Has Telebot actually worked
for anyone recently?
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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