Fun new policy at AOL

Thu Aug 28 20:58:29 UTC 2003

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Matthew Crocker wrote:

> 
> >> Shouldn't customers that purchase IP services from an ISP use the ISPs
> >> mail server as a smart host for outbound mail?
> >
> > Shouldn't. There are privacy implications of having mail to be recorded
> > (even temporarily) at someone's disk drive.
> >
> 
> If your ISP violates your privacy or has a privacy policy you don't 
> like, find another one.
> If your ISP doesn't allow your domain through, attachments of a certain 
> size or quantity of RCPT TOs, find another one.
> If the ISP is too restrictive you can't do what you want, find another 
> one
> If the ISP isn't restrictive and your IP gets black holed because of 
> another customer, find another one.
> The market will decide what is acceptable.

If one ISP (Demon has been mentioned) has the ability for end users on static 
IPs to smtp to other major ISPs (AOL has been mentioned) but lots of other ISPs 
cant send mail from end users to these major ISPs .. arent these major ISPs 
producing an anti-competitive market?

Steve