I don't understand exactly what you're doing? Are you sending an email from your cox connection through a linux box to an email address on the internet? Or the other way around? bb
On Jan 29, 2008 12:19 PM, B. Estrade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does this suck? Yes. However, you are not paying for bandwidth - you are > paying to use Cox's connection to the interwebs. > > Per some ToS or user agreement, they have the right to do a great many things > to THEIR network with out needing to worry about you, me, or anyone else. > They can do this. They own the network infrastructure to which you subscribe. > > Where is your freedom? It is in your ability to choose another, potentially > much less convenient, means of accessing the Internet. > > I don't know of the options, but they are out there. Cox is not making you > use their service, but I'll give you that it is hard to find an easy > alternative due to the economic/market realities and industry/federal > regulations that allow these psuedo-monopolies to continue to exist. > > Brett > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:04:32PM -0600, willhill wrote: > > I will no longer be able to point to my home server on these lists because > > Cox > > rejects such messages as spam. The message given when I try is: > > > > /********************************************************************** > > Sending failed: > > Could not write file The message content was not accepted. > > The server responded: "ID_INTENTIONALLY_REMOVED This message was > > undeliverable. This message has been found to be a potential spam message, > > and has therefore been blocked. Please visit http://coxagainstspam.cox.net > > for more information.". > > Disk full. > > The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the > > problem > > (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder. > > The following transport protocol was used: > > smtp.east.cox.net > > **********************************************************************/ > > > > I could care less that their disk is stuffed and suspect it is misdirection. > > > > This censorship is only a minor inconvenience but the message it sends is > > ugly. It says, in so many words, that the internet is for your consumption > > not participation. Changing messages to point to my physics page gets > > around > > the immediate problem, but most people do not have such a thing nor should > > they be forced to host things on someone else's computers. I'm paying for > > my > > bandwith, why can't I use it for what I want? Finally, subscribers now know > > that every word of every message sent is filtered. Will they filter my IM > > conversations next? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Have Mercy & Say Yeah _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
