A quick correction - I mean they removed the use of the standard SMTP
port, port 25. Port 587 still uses the SMTP protocol.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Heath Morrison <[email protected]> wrote:
> Isn't Verizon doing just what you're advocating? Like most modern ISPs
> they replaced the use of SMTP with authenticated submissions on port
> 587.
>
> -Heath
>
>> Sorry for the snide remarks, they're not really directed at you, just
>> at the general mentality that we have to give up something as
>> consumers in order to cut down on spam.  SMTP needs to be redesigned.
>> It is within our power to do this.  If we don't, Big Content will just
>> turn the Internet into what they understand best: a fancy TV.
>
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