> On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 02:42:53PM -0400, Drew Weaver wrote:
> > actually, alot of ISPs including one we resell dont allow you to even
make
> > outgoing smtp connections unless you're going to there servers, and I
know
> > that MOST if not all of the Broadband providers in the US for
residential
> > service clearly state that you are NOT to run daemons of any kind on
their
> > service.
>
> Well a daemon is any background process. If your ISP doesn't allow
> "daemons" then no Windows or *Nix systems can connect to those ISP's
> legally.
>
> By the way - The term daemon does not appear in any of the TOS I've ever
> had. Perhaps you have it confused with "server"?
>
> "server" being forbidden certainly appears in my TOS, but just being
> smtp capable, incoming or outgoing does not a server make.
>
> Don't confuse the use of certain protocols with running servers. They
> are not the same thing.
>
Yeah, lets play the symantics game. If your computer is acting as a MTA,
then you're running a SMTP server, thus violating the ToS of your ISP(in
your case).
Thanks,
-Drew
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