From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 11 10:29:20 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 5238037B401 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:29:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9AB43FA3 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:29:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.7/8.12.7) id h2BITDVq045672; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:29:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:29:13 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Christopher Nehren Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract for Comcast users Message-ID: <20030311182913.GB50327@dan.emsphone.com> References: <1047405242.3393.59.camel@prophecy> <20030311180931.GA50327@dan.emsphone.com> <1047406980.3393.66.camel@prophecy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1047406980.3393.66.camel@prophecy> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i 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 In the last episode (Mar 11), Christopher Nehren said: > 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. > > From 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. For example, you cannot provide Internet access to others > through a dial up or wireless connection (unless you are subject to a > Service plan that permits otherwise), host shell accounts over the > Internet, provide email or news service, or send a news feed. You may > not use the Service for commercial purposes. The Service offering is > a residential consumer product designed for your personal, > non-commercial use of the Internet. For example, the Service does not > provide the type of security, upstream performance and total > downstream throughput capability typically associated with commercial > use. > > 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. I'm almost positive that when they mean "server" they mean an incoming server. A sendmail that simply queues outgoing email for sending should not be prohibited. If you're worried, just send an email to their support group. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message