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Date:      Wed, 6 Sep 2000 20:21:54 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
Cc:        Alan Clegg <abc@bsdi.com>, "Christopher W. Aiken" <cwaiken@telerama.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Sendmail / mutt errors
Message-ID:  <20000906202154.E8064@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20000905223434.A15107@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.02.10009052101580.17052-100000@frogger.telerama.com> <20000905211006.H66030@diskfarm.firehouse.net> <20000905223434.A15107@dan.emsphone.com>

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Dan Nelson wrote:

> The AOL message is very badly worded; there's nothing your ISP can do
> about it,

Yes, there is, they can transparently direct all port 25 traffic to
their own smarthosts.  I'm not saying this is a good thing to do (quite
the opposite in my opinion) but some ISPs (including Freeserve, the
largest ISP in the UK) do just that.

-- 
Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D


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