[ale] Bellsouth to Speakeasy?

[David Corbin]

Geoffrey wrote:

> David Corbin wrote:
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>> Geoffrey wrote:
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>>> Might you expand on this?  If you use their SMTP, then it doesn't 
>>> matter if they're blocking your port 25.  They could be blocking 
>>> port 25 on their customers.
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>> What I mean, is they're not preventing you from sending mail via 
>> SMTP, nor from receiving via SMTP.  They're only requiring that the 
>> outbound SMTP pass through their hands.  Yes, technically, they are 
>> blocking port 25, but to me it's a no impact thing.  Not like, if 
>> they blocked another port (say 143, because they don't want me to 
>> read IMAP or something else stupid).
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> I guess it depends on your point of view.  They are blocking port 25 
> then, just providing you a service to use for that purpose.   But some 
> folks prefer to run their own mail server.

But I *AM* running my own mail server.  In fact, I have two SMTP servers 
running, and an IMAP server.

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>>>>> I can see the financial reasoning for this, Bellsouth built the
>>>>> infrastructure/facilities, so they *should* get the customers, but 
>>>>> cant I
>>>>> have my cake and eat it too? :)
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>> That's a very libertarian view point, but that's not how things 
>>>> generally work.  Bellsouth is so heavily regulated, they could 
>>>> probabably build an entierly new physical network, and be requried 
>>>> to sell access to it.
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>>> Huh? Oh, you were kidding, good joke!  HaHaHa.
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>> No, I was completely serious.  What did you think was a joke?
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> Bellsouth drags their feet whenever they're dealing with anyone who's 
> trying to get into their business.  They're not regulated enough as 
> far as I'm concerned.  Not until they've got some real competition. 

Yes, they do drag their feet, they resist tooth and nail, and the do 
suck in many many many ways (yes, I'm still serious).   But they are 
still heavily regulated.

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