From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 17 19:43:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA29600 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:43:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA29592 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:42:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA01793; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:39:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199806180239.WAA01793@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: problemsgetting data from www.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from Dave at "Jun 17, 98 01:58:38 pm" To: dave@gregory.dyn.ml.org (Dave) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:39:07 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dave I wrote: > > P.S. Sprint seems pretty good overall, but they started filtering port 25 > connections big time. With the exception of sprint's SMTP server, I can > make no port 25 connections at all. > This in itself is sufficient cause, IMHO, to look elsewhere. "First they took smtp, so I used their relay [how come I can't send mail to Cuba anymore?] then they took http, so I used their proxy [hey guys, what's with all these new cookies?] then they took name, so I used their nameserver [hmmm, why can't I reach the root servers?] then they took nntp, so I only read their news [Hey, what happened to my.favorite.* ?] then they took telnet, so I was all alone [Jim? I can't ssh to the home office. Is it up?] soon it made no difference, so I ran NT... " [Hey guys, ... guys? guys? anybody? ] Sprint claims this is an anitspam measure. In the long run, IMHO, it is an attempt to /own/ you. Once owned, you will be /sold/ for your demographic value. Are you sure you need a nation-wide ISP? Ma & Pa's are the real way to go IMHO. If you travel, consider usa.net or ?? for a mail drop. Ma & Pa are you friend. Big Brother is not. Dave II To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message