On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Scott Garman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Heath Morrison wrote: > > Verizon isn't restricting users unreasonably. Verizon is requiring > > authentication for to relay outgoing mail, which most people would > > consider a fairly reasonable thing to do. > > FWIW I never did state it explicitly, but yes, that's what happened in > my friend's case - he could continue to use third-party SMTP servers via > port 587, and in fact could continue to use them on any port other than 25. > > Normally I would encourage people who disagree with policies like this > to stop doing business with these ISPs, but that is only really possible > in areas where there are competing broadband services that offer a real > choice. Back in New Hampshire (where I'm originally from), there was > always only one cable internet monopoly, and most residences were too > far from their phone switch to get DSL. > > Scott > > -- > Scott Garman > sgarman at zenlinux dot com > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > This could be relevant to the OP's original statement. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/10/fireeye_takes_out_ozdok/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
