Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:06:51 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Randall Hopper" <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>, "Jonathan Chen" <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ARG!!! 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostnam Message-ID: <005a01c0bb00$6f9984e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010401174653.A6987@nc.rr.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Randall Hopper > >Well, correct is a subjective word. Let's just say it's the only option >that hasn't been disabled by FreeBSD's mailing list server (I'm on tons of >lists, and FreeBSD's is the only one I've ever had this problem on; all >others treat the EHLO text as nothing special -- user-provided garbage >potentially, which it is!). > >I prefer not to route all my e-mail through my ISP's mail relay because: > > 1) who that has much computer experience likes the phrase >"single point of > failure", and > I would suspect your ISP has multiple mailservers... > 2) relaying though the ISPs server makes e-mail snooping that much > easier. > Yes, this is a valid point. But, I would also suspect that buried in the fine print of your acceptable use contract is language that gives your ISP the right to read your mail. Once again, as I said earlier, according to the agreement mandated by the FCC as condition of the AOL/Time Warner, Time Warner is required to open their cable network to competitive ISP's this year. This gives you a solution - avail yourself of it. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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