Re: On hub.freebsd.org refusing to talk to dialups

[Gary Schrock]

At 03:00 AM 9/24/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Another thing that ISP coulds start doing (we are in process with
>this now, but on a monitoring only basis, instead of a deny we
>just log them) is to block all outbound from AS tcp 25 setup packets.

Hmm, maybe I'm interpreting this wrong (I hope so), but I interpret this as 
saying that basically you'd only be able to mail things through your local 
isp's mailhost.  It means that if you use several different mail servers, 
all mail would still have to go through the local isp's.  Personally, I 
would immediately unsubscribe to any isp that decided this was acceptable 
behavior on their part.  I use the mail server at work for all my outgoing 
mail.  Why?  Because the machine is lightly loaded and I don't have to 
worry about my mail getting lost in the depths of my isp's mail server for 
a couple hours because their loads tend to run high.  (Hell, I don't 
generally even use the email account provided by the local isp because of 
load issues, my work account is so much more reliable).


Gary Schrock
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