Yeah, I figure that's probably the argument. I look at the spam that
makes it into my mail traps and I'm guessing it's not working real well.
Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:57:45 -0400 J Messeder said:
>
>
>> Here is something I have never understood; maybe someone can explain.
>> Why is it one can access email on any server (company firewalls and
>> VPNs notwithstanding) but one can only *_Send_* from the ISPs server.
>>
>
> A misguided spam prevention measure.
>
> The theory is that if they force you to use their own SMTP server they
> can prevent you from being a spammer's pawn/tool.
>
>
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