"Racer X" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>Find another ISP.
Not an option.
>If there were a real need for people to send outbound email directly to
>their recipients, I'm sure we would offer such a service, and I'm sure
>we'd have a contract restricting use appropriately. The simple fact is
>that there is no such need, beyond people wanting to "play" with their
>mail setup.
No, the simple fact is that there is *little* need for such a
service. Most people are happy to use their ISP's mailhub. The vast
majority don't even realize they have the option of running their
own, or the tradeoffs involved.
>Oddly enough, these people who "play" whine that they can
>handle mail better than their ISP. This seems to be a contradiction in
>terms, and of course ignores the fact that we don't make our money
>selling services to people who want to "play" on the Internet.
We've touched a sore spot, eh? Sorry, but, yes, I can provide better
mail service for my family on my own server than my ISP can on their
server. I can implement policies that suit us; the ISP has thousands
of customers and has to implement policies that suit them and their
customers. And my server can be up and accessible to my "users" even
when the ISP's is down, or the network is down. I'll freely admit that
I'm an exceptional user, since I do for living the same kinds of
things ISP's do. They've had all kinds of trouble with their news
server. I've given them advice, which they've ignored...only to see
them implement it months later.
-Dave
