[sclug] Broadband

[Antony Bartlett]

Matt wrote:

>* Keith Edmunds <keith at midnighthax.com> [2004-01-20 12:26:01]:
>  
>
>>On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:55:58 +0000
>>Tony Sumner <whittycat at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>There is one problem (not serious and possibly OT),
>>>viz AOL reject mail from me because I send mail directly. They want me
>>>to route mail via a trusted relay, eg via ntl, but how do I do that? I
>>>think it's a simple tweak to sendmail but I don't know what.
>>>      
>>>
>>AOL refuse mail from what they consider to be dial-up access lines. I
>>had this problem with a customer recently, so I set up Postfix to relay
>>any AOL-destined mail via the ISP's SMTP server. AOL can be a complete
>>pain to work with...
>>    
>>
>
>If they're blocking the IPs used by dial-up and non-static assigned
>ADSL/Broadband, etc. you can kind've see their point. People with those
>accounts *shouldn't* be running mail servers or sending mail direct
>IMHO.
>  
>
I guess I should ask why exactly shouldn't I be posting this from a 
residential non-static
IP-address?  Because I *am*.
(neither my ISP - BT Broadband - or my host provide me with an SMTP 
server, so for the
moment it's either that or hotmail)

Love your domain name by the way, Matt.

    Best wishes,

       Antony