Re: [Nolug] Cox's idea about fighting spam -- The E-mail

On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 09:02, Craig Jackson wrote:
> Pietu wrote:
> > Hi Charles,
> >
> > Here is a copy of an e-mail I received. According to this, I will not have
> > reliable e-mail server after tomorrow unless I start tunneling mail via ssh.
[snip]
>
> Sounds like a perfectly reasonable policy for windows/MAC,
> surf-the-net-only, email-for-home-personal-use ISP. The effects of
> certain viruses and spam can be kept to a minimum, while users enjoy
> high speeds. Cox's propensity to "manage" their network has a fairly

And that's exactly what their goal is. There ought to be a way,
though, to accomodate geeks also, though.

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