twtelecom is staffed by morons, like most other large providers.
Eh, I wouldn't go so far as to say they're morons. They're just near-sighted. They'll do whatever they need to do - and no more - to protect their own interests without considering the implications for others on the net. Take AOL. They have some policies that seem to have been written by total morons, but if you step back and think about it, what would you do if you were the 800-pound (or 363-kilogram) gorilla on the internet and had millions of users that your marketing department had promised that they'd receive no spam and had billions of dollars riding on meeting your institutional goals? You'd probably want to limit the mail that reaches your system, even if by draconian means, even if it meant that smaller providers would have to jump through hoops to reach you, even if it meant that there'd be collateral damage legitimate mail that didn't reach your system. The farther you get down the internet food chain, the stakes get lower, the less limiting the decisions, the more the decisions made by people higher up the chain look foolish. twtelecom isn't a small fish, and I'm sure if you were in the same position, you'd be upset if some upstart downstream from you was making your life difficult.
Hey, just trying to keep perspective!
