Re: ISP

[Brad Cox <bcox virtualschool edu>]

On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 16:08:59 +0000 (UTC)
David Talkington <dtalk prairienet org> wrote:

Earthlink REQUIRES that you use smtp.earthlink.net as your SMTP server.
They block port 25 to all other servers. It will work if you specyfy
otherhost.com as your email host so long as you specify smtp.earthlink.net
as the smtp address. They posted a note about this...search for it...its
buried pretty deep.

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> Oded Ben-Ami wrote:
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> >Then I had EarthLink and their service is reasonable, but when I moved
all
> >the email that was important to me from Hotmail to their software, I
found
> >out that after a few days I couldn't get to that mail anymore.
> >Their support people just know how to copy-paste answers and their
first
> >suggestions to me was "try uninstalling and reinstalling our software".
> 
> Despite your experience, I strongly recommend Earthlink/Mindspring, on
> both technical and legal grounds.  They're honestly the only provider
> I've dealt with that seems to know what they're doing.  They use
> PPPoE, which eliminates the baby nonsense of hijacked IPs and MAC
> address headaches of services like @Home; they responsibly block most
> inbound service ports, but allow incoming SSH, so you can tunnel
> whatever you like; they block outgoing 25, but they know how to run a
> mail server which prevents relays and does not restrict legitimate use
> (unlike Verizon);  their AUP is intelligent and non-invasive (read
> Quest's sometime);  their DSL modems don't crash when they're scanned
> (Quest is facing legal challenges here over extended downtime due to
> Code Red).
> 
> As for their software, who gives a squirt?  You won't be using it,
> because you're going to put your network behind a Linux gateway anyway
> and use Roaring Penguin's PPPoE client, right?  Mine works
> beautifully, with only occasional hiccups.  I'd estimate my
> connectivity flakes out about 5-10 minutes a day.  For consumer grade
> service, that's ok with me.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
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