Crosswinds is also on my Sh** list! To be avoided.
Cheers!
Warren L. Winter
On 30 Mar 2001, at 15:48, Brian L. Johnson wrote:
> On Mar 30, Alan S. Harrell wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> >Accolates aside, I must decline your invitation. I had a Crosswinds
> >account years ago and it was not long before I placed them on my
> >losers list. I think Crosswinds was/is pretty much a one man
> >operation or at least a family enterprise comprised of a geek that
> >just knows enough to get himself into trouble. This service has
> >never been reliable in my view.
> [...]
> >In other words, Holm, there is better fish out there for the free web
> >hosting plus pop3 combination accounts than Crosswinds.
>
> What I have seen of Crosswinds pretty much tells me that they are NOT a
> good choice for anything.
>
> What I have heard is that it is run by two brothers, and they exert a
> lot, perhaps too much control over what is/through their system. I know
> a guy whose page content was deleted more than once because it offended
> some sensibility of the operators of Crosswinds.
>
> And, they are (IMO) an overly filter-happy mailhost. Over the years I
> have had many posts on lists I run rejected by some filter there for
> running afoul of some silly thing. The only mailhost I have seen that is
> worse than Crosswinds is the Los Angeles Freenet (lafn.org) when it
> comes to filtering.
>
> So Holm, I do not feel that Crosswinds is a good choice at all and
> should be avoided at all costs. Maybe it's just the liberty-happy
> American in me (<g>), but any host that would censor my web pages and
> delete my mail before I see it would wind up on my s* list and fast.
>
> -=Brian=-
>
>
