Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 08:52:29 -0000 From: "Mike Avery (on the road)" <mavery@mail.otherwhen.com> To: "Freebsd-ISP (E-mail)" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: why not uucp, instead of smtp and static ip? Message-ID: <298022A3C31@mail.otherwhen.com> In-Reply-To: <000201bebf36$a0ca3c20$1a6e4ac3@harry.invictanet.co.uk> References: <19990625085803.A14126@intrepid.net>
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On 25 Jun 99, at 19:14, Martyn Routley wrote: > http://www.popbeamer.com/ > > 'Haven't used it but apparently it enables Exchange Server to collect from > any number of POP3 accounts. Therefore no fixed IP required. I think you're guilty of seeing things from your perspective, rather than the customer's perspective. From my point of view, I don't want to be tied to a vendor, to an ISP. Some ISP's disappear without warning. Some get bought and the service goes to hell in a handbasket. So.... I want my own mailboxes at myname.com, not at yourname.com. That way, if my ISP jerks me around - and it happens - I can call other vendors, find one more compatible with my goals, and then arrange for an orderly switchover, even it means paying the old ISP for a few extra months of service. In short, I don't want to look at POP3 accounts at your site. I want the POP3 accounts at my site. And.... as near as I can tell, that means I need to have a DNS and some MX records pointing at my site...... and that suggests a static IP address. Again, this also implies a 7x24 connection rather than a short term dial up connection. Mike ====================================================================== Mike Avery MAvery@mail.otherwhen.com (409)-842-2942 (work) ICQ: 16241692 * Spam is for lusers who can't get business any other way * Recently Seen On A Bumper Sticker Near Your Home: As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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