On 01-Feb-99 Dave Sill wrote:
> I disagree. Yes, I could configure my server to pass everything off to
> the ISP's mail hub, but, frankly, I can do a better job of it than
> they can. And switching to a more competant ISP is not an
> option. Where I live, there's only one ISP that's reachable via a
> local call.
>
> Stopping spam is a worthy goal, but one must seriously consider the
> costs associated. Preventing competent people from doing reasonable
> things is not an acceptable cost.
I wholeheartedly concur. Dave's setup is similar to mine, with
the exception that mine's not a home network, but a small
office network. We're communications people, and advise
customers on such things as qmail. I'm running our setup to
simulate what we configure at (better connected) customer
sites, but we cannot afford a permanently connected host.
FYI, it would cost us something like US$650/month to have a leased
line to our ISP, and ISDN would be even more expensive
(US$40/day for line costs alone). That's not counting the
ISP's invoice...
What I do have is a domain (ecc.lu), and an MX record in
my ISP's DNS. But I connect using a single, dynamic,
dial-up IP address, because that's the only way to get
an affordable connection.
And no, I can't move to the USA 'cause they don't want to
give me a green card ;-)
Stefaan
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