AOL now rejecting mail from Comcast residential IPs.

[Thomas M. Albright]

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Derek Martin wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:26:11PM -0500, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> > > Last time I checked, Comcast's "business" rate is more than twice their
> > > residential rate yet still suffers from the same "no server" restrictions
> > > - they force you to use their SMTP and web servers, and still won't
> > > provide static IP addresses. So that's not a viable option for small
> > > organizations that want to preserve their network identity.
> > 
> > This is probably true. Most likely, there are underlying motives that
> > are far less altruistic. However, their TOS *DOES* state that no servers
> > are allowed. So, if someone is running a server in violation of their
> > ISP's TOS, and someone like AOL wants to block it, then it is well
> > withing their right.
> 
> Well, it's well within AOL's right to block whatever they want, but
> /my/ TOS agreement is between me and my provider.  Not AOL.  My TOS is
> none of their #@%! business.
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But *your* ISP says no servers. AOL, knowing that, is blocking anything 
from your ISP that is not an approved IP address. You are violating your 
ISP's TOS, so AOL is blocking you.

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