What about setting up a mail server somewhere else and using that?

-----Original Message-----
From: will hill
To: [email protected]
Sent: 6/13/03 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Speaking of mail....

It's not sendmail.  Some ISPs now block mail from DSL boxes like
yourself:  

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/13/2215207.shtml?tid=120

I wanted to set up a mail server for the CCCC, but now it seems
pointless.  Last week, Russ told me that he wanted such a thing because
they have about 1,000 members they message once a month.  Cox has a 100
mail cap, so they have to cut up their mail list and they hate that.
Looks like they are either going to keep hating it or get some "special"
arrangements so that they can be one of the privileged few allowed to
broadcast.  

The only way to make the internet usable is to keep it open.  I wrote
Cox and told them their efforts were futile and harmful, but did not
hear anything back.  I submitted a story to Slashdot too.  We shall see
what happens.  Chances are the noose will continue to tighten and the
internet will go the way of broadcast radio and TV.  

On 2003.06.13 15:49 Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote:
> Hi ppl
>      well here's the situation. I have around 5 active
> email addresses(don't ask me why I have 5!). I use
> bellsouth adsl and i am sure port 25 is open. In order
> to manage all the emails from one single point(also i
> need to access it from anywhere) i use fetchmail to
> get it to the local mailbox on my box. this part works
> perfectly fine. But to send mails from my box I use
> sendmail.To read and send messages I use pine. The
> trouble is not everyone i email get them. some emails
> are totally lost some reach in few hours and most of
> them reach within few seconds. 
> i have searched in google and read through some of the
> documents for sendmail. 
> any suggestions?
> 
> tia 
> karthik
>

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