Sympatico smtp

[E K]

It is like saying because there are car accidents no one is allowed to drive 
his/her car. Ride the TTC or company chartered buses! That would have save 
the government lots of money and headache as well :-)

EK


>From: JoeHill <joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
>Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Sympatico smtp
>Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:15:16 -0400
>
>On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 09:46:04 -0400
>Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> uttered:
>
> > > This in addition to their port 25 filtering, is one reason I try and
> > > stay away from Sympatico, it at all posssible.
> >
> > Personally I think it's irresponsible for a residential ISP to not
> > block smtp. Now whether they actually have monitoring in place to take
> > advantage of their capabilities for stopping spam and virus spread is
> > another question.
>
>But what about those of us who want to run our own mail servers and are
>willing to take the time to learn how to be responsible and secure in
>doing so? This is one of the reasons I want to switch, so that I can
>run my own servers and learn by *doing*.
>
>I think a certain amount of balance could be achieved by a cooperative
>relationship between the ISP and the client, insofar as an agreement
>like:
>
>"Yes, we will allow you to run this server, but three strikes and yer
>out."
>
>Combine this with knowledgeable support on the part of the ISP and
>I really think you would have win-win situation.
>
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