On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 02:55:12PM -0000, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Len Budney writes:
> > It was quite standard at each company to send email direct through
> > dialup, w/valid return address of company email, to save phone costs
> > and company bandwidth.
> >
> > Are you suggesting there is something wrong with this?
>
> Sure. It's a false economy. What if the mail doesn't go through?
Uh, it should bounce to the envelope sender, no?
> What if the destination host blocks mail from dialups?
Then I call the person I'm sending email to and tell them to complain
to their ISP. Legit mail from a legit return-address being blocked
by bogus methods.
> I wouldn't even begin to consider sending mail directly from any national
> provider of dialup service (which is what I presume you're using,
> since you indicate that you're not making a long-distance call).
I do it quite often.
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