> > Again, I've no idea what relevance that has to anything I've written. > > > > All I ever said in his thread was that I don't in general rate ISP mail > > very highly, and that if an ISP blocks outgoing connections to port 25 > > you can still connect to a third-party server through either the > > submission port or the SMTPS port. > > > > Despite the fact that I repeated ad nausem that I'm not talking about > > connecting to ISP mail servers, Res kept repeating over and over again > > that it's not supported by all ISPs. > > > > And then you chimed-in with your contribution - which I think is > > overpriced.
On 21.08.09 08:23, Gary Smith wrote: > My apologies. You are right that I should have read more into the thread. > People can indeed send email in a variety of ways to get around the ISP > limitations put in place to block spam. I myself do that from my ISP to > get it through to my company mail, by using, as you said, another port (in > my case, SMTPS with SSL) as do several of my clients (as their providers > don't allow them to send email if the email address isn't that of their > ISP -- another very stupid rule). I think that this rule is just another logical result of the rule mentioned before. Do they pay you for the e-mail service? You provide them receiving of their e-mail. Why should someone provide them sending their e-mail and risk blacklisting? -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
