| reply to FCKGW
Re: Steps for Netscape 7 Good points, I guess you're right. But I'd still rather be able to use authenticated SMTP which is not available by going through Cox's forced use of their archaic SMTP facilities.
It's somewhat like US Postal mail. For most things sent by most people an anonymous stamp is just fine. But for some things it's better to use registered, certified, or FedEx.
But now Cox is forcing us to use their SMTP even though it's not right for everyone and not suitable for everything. People will at least occasionally want/need better alternatives.
Blocking Yahoo is silly anyway. Customer-originated spam & virus infections was stated as the reason for blocking port-25. But nobody could send through Yahoo's SMTP without authentication (and $ubscription) so it should be on the white-list of exceptions like the .edu & other sites.
But this side-trip strays from the main topic which is to identify and highlight alternatives for overcoming the port block. |
