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

Tim Kelley 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.
>
That is right. I use Eatel. I have a static IP and no blocking. It's
$44.95 per month if you also use their phone service (which I use). I
like them.

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