Begin forwarded message: From: Robert Alberti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 23, 2006 10:43:04 PM EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IP] IIJ "Improves" their service Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 20:35 -0500, David Farber wrote:
From: rod van meter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I suspect many IPers have run into this same problem with their ISP. How have they handled it?
I switched ISP's, and made sure they knew why. My former ISP of many years, USFamily.net, arbitrarily instituted a policy requiring any subscriber SMTP server to route outbound messages through the USFamily.net SMTP server. They didn't block outbound SMTP, but their policy resulted in my being unable to send email to anyone else at USFamily.net Unfortunately, my lawyer uses the same ISP, so I could no longer e-mail my lawyer. I had no desire to start relaying all my e-mail through their SMTP server, so I switched to Visi.com. They not only don't limit my access, but Visi.com set up reverse-DNS resolution for my IP. Visi's technicians even assisted me in whitelisting my server with Comcast, which was blocking my e-mail to my birthmother under a policy that refused SMTP connections to any IP address identified as being DSL or dial-up. My experiences involve two local ISPs in the competitive Minneapolis/St. Paul market. When the U.S. is finally divided between only two or three big players, those ISPs will be able to impose any policies they like, and we'll have to turn to overseas providers for competitive features. -- Robert Alberti, CISSP, ISSMP (612) 961-0507 cell President, Sanction, Inc. (612) 486-5000 x211 http://sanction.net (612) 486-5000 fax "Security solutions are cultural solutions facilitated by technology." ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as archive@mail-archive.com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/