Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
>
> 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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