From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 11 10:22:33 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E04137B401 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:22:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9B7243F85 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:22:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from apeiron@comcast.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (pcp01380957pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net [68.81.162.166]) by mtaout02.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HBL007MZKDHD9@mtaout02.icomcast.net> for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:22:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:23:00 -0500 From: Christopher Nehren Subject: Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract for Comcast users In-reply-to: <20030311180931.GA50327@dan.emsphone.com> To: Dan Nelson Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <1047406980.3393.66.camel@prophecy> Organization: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-mYxROGMaUFxLPuSxFuvG"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 References: <1047405242.3393.59.camel@prophecy> <20030311180931.GA50327@dan.emsphone.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=-mYxROGMaUFxLPuSxFuvG Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 13:09, Dan Nelson wrote: > I'm sure runing an incoming mail daemon is the prohibited part. Just > using it to send messages can't be prohibited imho. =46rom the Comcast Acceptable Use Policy: "You may not resell, share, or otherwise distribute the Service or any portion thereof to any third party without the written consent of Comcast.=20 For example, you cannot provide Internet access to others through a dial up= =20 or wireless connection (unless you are subject to a Service plan that permi= ts=20 otherwise), host shell accounts over the Internet, provide email or=20 news service, or send a news feed. You may not use the Service for=20 commercial purposes. The Service offering is a residential=20 consumer product designed for your personal, non-commercial use of=20 the Internet. For example, the Service does not provide the type=20 of security, upstream performance and total downstream throughput capabilit= y typically associated with commercial use.=20 You may not run a server in connection with the Service, nor may you provide network services to others via the Service unless you are subject to a Service plan that permits otherwise. Examples of prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, running servers for mail, http, ftp, irc, wifi, and dhcp, and multi-user interactive forums. " Apparently they think otherwise. In running the mail server, I provide mail service to myself. They provide me with POP3 and SMTP mail -- they want me to use them. --=-mYxROGMaUFxLPuSxFuvG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+bimDUdqurN0fljsRAldeAKDBqxlKUr0xyYRRra/84LNB8inl7gCfdO4t 6hJPdJVzoeHb+7eTJTkH7OQ= =RFO1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mYxROGMaUFxLPuSxFuvG-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message