From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 19:17:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A5B037B401 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:17:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vhost109.his.com (vhost109.his.com [216.194.225.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC1843F3F for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:17:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.4] (localhost.his.com [127.0.0.1]) by vhost109.his.com (8.12.6p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h5I2HQtS023101; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:17:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3EEFC568.70900@potentialtech.com> References: <3EEFC568.70900@potentialtech.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 04:17:25 +0200 To: Bill Moran From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice on how to straighten out a crappy ISP X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:17:32 -0000 At 9:50 PM -0400 2003/06/17, Bill Moran wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestion on how I can get them to fix their > worthless shit? I've tried being nice. I've tried being an asshole. > I have nothing to threaten with, as there are no other high-speed > providers in this area. Don't bother. Find someone else that has a secure SMTP server (with a static IP address) that they will let you use and which allows SMTPAUTH and/or TLSSMTP, and then use them to relay all your mail. Unfortunately, this may cost more money than buying a static IP address for yourself. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)