Adam, Actually, I do use SWBELL's mail server. I use fetchmail to access it. I also have Pine set up to send mail via their mailserver. I do have sendmail going, but it does not send to the "outside world." But I'll make sure that is true of SquirrelMail too. Thanks for the heads-up.
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Thornton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: recommend a commercial email host for me? > > <snip> > > Be aware that many oh-so-helpful spam reduction services > oh-so-helpfully > assume that any mail coming from a block they--sometimes > wrongly, as in > the case of SBC's statically assigned customer addresses, rather like > the one I have--identify as dynamically assigned, will oh-so-helpfully > classify any mail from that host as spam. The response, if you > complain? "You should be using your ISP's mailserver." Thanks. > > In short, you don't want to do this, if you care about your > mail getting > to all its intended recipients. > > Although I don't care for spammers in the least, many of the > self-appointed cures are far nastier than the disease. > > Adam >
