On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 01:58:27PM +0100, Jody Belka wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 12:31:33PM +0100, Jon Reades wrote: > >> you'll probably want to steer clear of BT > > > > You will indeed. BT do have a wires-only service, however it is > > *truly* wires only - you get an IP connection, and that's it. No > > email, no 'free web space' etc. > > > > This wouldn't be a problem but for the fact that 'no email' includes no > > SMTP relay - so you'll either have to run one yourself or find > > someone willing to relay for you. > > err, i beg to differ on this matter. i have a BT wires-only line (long > story, don't get me started) and they do supply email and free web space. > you can also use their smtp server as a relay for your own email (i just > checked).
I'm referring to 'BT Retail' - BT Openworld does give you all the 'frills', I gather. When I worked for an ADSL ISP, we had lots of customers switch to BT Retail ADSL (cheaper? who knows), then call *us* because they didn't have an SMTP server to use... Chris.
