Re: [Nolug] Cox's idea about fighting spam

On 6/10/03 18:34, "Tim Kelley" <tpk@23rdward.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday 10 June 2003 5:57 pm, Pietu wrote:
>> I just received a "friendly" e-mail from Cox cable.
>> Their latest idea for fighting spam is to block all traffic to 3rd
>> party e-mail servers.
>>
>> Naturally since I'm only a paying customer, they don't have to think
>> that I might want to send e-mails too. So far the only reliable
>> e-mail server I had was my own server in Texas.
>>
>> I wonder when they start blocking ssh also, since tunneling through
>> ssh seems to be the only way for me to continue e-mailing anything.
>
> Cox is basically stupid, arrogant, and organizationally incompetent; you
> can expect to be treated accordingly. The various DSL providers are
> far less obtrusive and seem to have far fewer problems - much more
> friendly to linux users. Go with the small companies; the typical
> megacorp ISP sucks rocks.
>
>
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Tim,

Wow, a very bold statement to make without any data to back up your
assumptions and presumptions.

I resent your statement and I realize this is not the forum to debate these
types of "feelings".

Just because our technicians may not work on Linux boxes does not make us
any less friendly. When was the last time you let your DSL provider touch
your computer?

BTW, where do you work? Perhaps I have a beef I'd like to air about your
place of business.... Of course, I'd only do so if I had hard facts to
backup my statements.

Charles Jouglard
Senior System Engineer
Cox Communications LoUiSiAna, LLC
(504) 390-4432

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