On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 03:34:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dave Sill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 1 February 1999 at 13:59:11 -0500
> > Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >Too late, Dave. You're trying to solve the wrong problem.
> >
> > No, I'm trying to solve *my* problem, not the world's problems.
> >
> > >People are already blocking dialups, more and more every day.
> >
> > When my mail to people behind such blocks bounces, I'll resend it
> > through my ISP's mailhub with an explanation of why it was delayed.
> >
> > >Your problem is now to find a non-dialup SMTP client to relay your
> > >mail, which isn't your ISP's.
> >
> > My problem is that I've gotten caught in the anti-spam crossfire. My
> > problem is that anti-spam zealots have overreacted, or wrongly
> > reacted.
>
> Maybe, but I'm nowhere near convinced it's wrong or overly broad.
> You, yourself, probably really can run your own MTA better than your
> ISP -- sounds like you have a bad one. I believe this is vanishingly
> rare today, and will become even rarer over the next few years. Since
> I believe that, I don't see the cost of forcing you to go through your
> ISPs mailserver to be very big. Even if you can do it better -- HOW
> MUCH better?
Here in The Netherlands, of the 2 biggest ISPs (both about 300.000 dialup customers),
one (worldonline.nl) CONSTANTLY fucks up their e-mail. They offer different services
under different domain names (tip.nl and open.net), and every once in a while it
starts to bounce mail for these domains for a day or two.
The other biggest ISP is responsible for some bounce messages in my inbox.. quota
exceeded on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's not going to vanish. These two ISPs are growing, and growing hard. Technically,
they suck. But who is gonna tell (and convince!) all those innocent customers?
Greetz, Peter.
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.| Peter van Dijk
.| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
