From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 1 16: 7:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D51637B719 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:07:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f31N6pk68961; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:06:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Randall Hopper" , "Jonathan Chen" Cc: Subject: RE: ARG!!! 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostnam Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:06:51 -0700 Message-ID: <005a01c0bb00$6f9984e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20010401174653.A6987@nc.rr.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Randall Hopper > >Well, correct is a subjective word. Let's just say it's the only option >that hasn't been disabled by FreeBSD's mailing list server (I'm on tons of >lists, and FreeBSD's is the only one I've ever had this problem on; all >others treat the EHLO text as nothing special -- user-provided garbage >potentially, which it is!). > >I prefer not to route all my e-mail through my ISP's mail relay because: > > 1) who that has much computer experience likes the phrase >"single point of > failure", and > I would suspect your ISP has multiple mailservers... > 2) relaying though the ISPs server makes e-mail snooping that much > easier. > Yes, this is a valid point. But, I would also suspect that buried in the fine print of your acceptable use contract is language that gives your ISP the right to read your mail. Once again, as I said earlier, according to the agreement mandated by the FCC as condition of the AOL/Time Warner, Time Warner is required to open their cable network to competitive ISP's this year. This gives you a solution - avail yourself of it. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message