Re: ISP outbound SMTP filtering
"Patrick W. Gilmore" <[email protected]>
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On May 30, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Kevin Kargel wrote: > It is somewhat of a tough call, because as an ISP our responsibilities > and loyalties must be to our customers. We have an obligation to > provide them with as much freedom as possible. The threshold occurs > when that freedom endangers the network, and hence our other > customers. This is a huge thing in today's Internet. ISPs who clamp down too hard will lose all their customers. Yet ISPs who do no clamping will find they cannot talk to (via SMTP or even other protocols) large swaths of the Internet. Life sux, but there it is. I think an ISP who honestly tries to help their customers will do well. Those who are just trying to save money or stop the phone from ringing will do less well. Fortunately, I am encouraged by people like Kevin who do give a shit, and try to do what is "right", for their customers and their business. IMHO, of course. -- TTFN, patrick _______________________________________________ "Eat sushi frequently". - Avi [email protected] is the human contact address. [email protected] is the list posting address. See below URL for subscribe/unsubscribe and list options: http://inet-access.net/mailman/listinfo/list