We post the port 25 saga in our How-To setup guide; it goes unnoticed until
the user calls with a sending issue. Then we get the "Ohh, I rember seeing
something about that but didn't think it pertained to me".



Sincerely,

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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Robertson
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SBC Slander - watch yourselves people

I've heard some weirdo stories like this, but its something you have to just
deal with.  Yes 'something' should be done and, if you want to start a
grass-roots campaign or something, more power to you.  Or just skip it and
save yourself the angina attacks that are otherwise in your future.

When email goes south I'm the first guy my customers call.  They want to
know what the hell I'm doing to screw up their email.  Conversation goes
like this:

Customer: "I can receive but not send."

Me: "You're on SBC, right? [insert port 25 saga here]".  Here's what you
need to do [insert fix story here]".  "And watch out because they'll tell
you [insert SBC's usual ingorance-driven reaction (we aren't blocking
anything.  Isn't a port where ships go?) here]."

In short be pro-active.  Tell them what they are in for.  They will
appreciate it and will immediately recognize BS Story #7 when they hear it
because you told them thats what they'd say.  Send your customers an email
or something.  I wish I had done that because I've done the Port-25 story so
many times I have it memorized.
--
--mattRobertson--
Janitor, MSB Web Systems
mysecretbase.com

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