On Wednesday 22 March 2006 17:10, Gustin Johnson wrote: > Checking email generally implies a response or two, which does use SMTP. >
SMTP is not entirely blocked. It is restricted to servers on their network. They have not restricted you from sending mail, they have restricted _how_ you are allowed to send it. > I was just responding to the suggestion that ISPs prevent outbound SMTP > connections, which I think is a bad idea. > So you don't like their management of their network. It's no different from any office policies made by system administrators every day. You work at an office, and the network is setup to restrict SMTP access through the company's SMTP server. That's a perfectly sane and acceptable policy. Just because ISPs provide internet access to a much large user base than any one company doesn't mean they are not entitled to make a decision such as this one. It's their right. It's their business and their network. They can do whatever they want with it. If you don't like it, find another ISP. Just like if you don't like your office policies where you work ... find another employer. Maybe they will someday realize this policy is not very smart. But they are totally allowed to pretend they are being clever. Even if they are not. Andy _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
