AOL now rejecting mail from Comcast residential IPs.

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:34:19 EST
Jason Stephenson said:

>pll at lanminds.com wrote:
>> But I can write a <insert favorite language here> program to directly 
>> connect to port 25 on any given system and speak SMTP, and 
>> technically I am not running an SMTP server.  Actually, what I'm 
>> doing, is running an SMTP *CLIENT* which is using the PROPER protocol 
>> for SENDING E-MAIL.  Yet, by your argument, I should not have the 
>> right to choose the client I wish and send this e-mail however the 
>> fsck I want?  Sorry, as Derek stated, outgoing SMTP does not a server 
>> make :)
>
>I agree with this entirely, but the issue here really isn't running 
>servers. It is about blocking IP ranges. AOL is not enforcing comcast's 
>TOS, but rather trying to protect themselves from the cost of spam.

I understand that, and they absolutely have the right to do so.  My 
point was that Kenny was arguing that the people being persecuted in 
this case were merely being forced to live with an agreement they 
signed.  Which is not even close to the truth, since there is nothing 
in the TOS which states that Comcast users must use their relays.
So, though AOL has every right to do what they want in this case, 
those being affected are not only those who are violating a 
completely irrellevent TOS clause, they are anyone who wishes to send 
e-mail directly without going though a relay.
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