On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:28:43 -0800 Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 10:41:47PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: > >It is hard to believe that they wouldn't want to maintain service > without > >interruption. After all, we are already installed, and shell out $$ > every month > >for the service. We should be a cash cow for somebody. > >This is certainly disgusting, but, that is the capitalist system. > >However, to avoid my email address getting whacked, for $35 dollars > a year I > >have my own domain name (HammersHome.com), which won't change even > if @HOME > >goes away. I think that is a good investment. > > When I installed a Linux system for one of my wife's friends a > couple of > months ago I had already set up a domain for her. The guy > installing the > system for AT&T said we were smart not to use their mail system. > She's > never accessed her mail account so I imagine it's full of spam. All > her > mail goes through our servers via uucp over tcp so she never touches > the > @home mail system. > I don't get much spam - max ever 2-3 per day, and the email server has been relatively reliable. In one year one outage of the DNS server(s)(alternates were still working), occasional 5 minute outages on the mail server(s). In my section of the excite@home network, the isp has been a totally normal provider, not really meriting all the bad press they have gotten. Nevertheless, they're in bad financial trouble, and I'm sure they're not the only provider who is suffering. Nevertheless, something different is coming. Tell us more about how this works. Is the ATT cable network able to communicate with the internet using a provider of my own choosing without requiring excite@home (or other) provided by ATT? -- Collins Richey Denver Area gentoo_rc6 k2.4.16+ext3+xfce+sylpheed+galeon _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
