On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 13:22, Rob Lembree wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 12:26, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 12:38, Bruce Dawson wrote: > > > Quoting Ben Boulanger's email of Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:23:55 -0500 (EST > > > > If AOL says 'no > > > > direct mail from this IP Space' because there's a known issue with it, I > > > > think they're doing the right thing. To ignore the problem only makes it > > > > worse. > > This is probably true. Most likely, there are underlying motives that > > are far less altruistic. However, their TOS *DOES* state that no servers > > are allowed. ... > I don't think that they meant servers in terms of outgoing SMTP > though. If you run SMTP so that you can send out mail, as far > as they should be concerned, it's not a server (it doesn't provide > services to anyone outside the network), any more than sharing > a printer between machines on a home network does. They shouldn't > consider it a server unless it's servicing requests from the outside.
Good point - not that Joe Beer even understands what a server is, let alone Comcast management. But they still want you to use their SMTP servers to send outgoing mail. (Acutally, you have to in order to get your "Reply-to" header right). Now, if AOL will permit inbound mail from those main servers (and if Comcast will monitor mail to prevent outgoing spam), then "the world would be a better place". Not perfect, but better than what we have now. Sigh.
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