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Interesting Jim... You might have seen my T-1 query last week (I'm not sure we need a full T-1) and DSL would be an option, except... I am hearing from some BIG providers that they can take an order but be prepared to wait 3-4 MONTHS because AMERITECH (we are in Indiana and are CURSED with Ameritech as are Illinois, Michigan and Ohio...) cannot cooperate and get lines in in any time under 3-4 months... UNREAL... Chuck Jim Langston wrote: > In other words, you're going to have your own POP3 and SMTP servers > instead of relying on your ISP's servers. > > Good news, David :) > > We here use DSL also and have our own POP3/SMTP server and it works > fine, and at only 256k async too. > > Regards, > > Jim Langston > > Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:23:43 -0600 (CST) > From: David Gibbs <david@midrange.com> > Subject: Re: List turnaround speed > > > David, DSL is good news! However, I have to wonder, you'll still have an >ISP > > to deal with, won't you? How, then, does DSL allow you to "go direct"? > > Currently, mail sent to MIDRANGE.COM goes to my ISP to be queued up. > Every 5 minutes or so, I connect to my ISP to download the mail via > UUCP, process it, and queue it up to be sent back to the ISP. When > I send it back to the ISP, they do the actual sending of the messages > out to the internet. > > When I have DSL, the mail will be sent directly to midrange.com and > will be sent out directly from my system to your mail servers. The > ISP will no longer be in the mix. > > > Once the listservers are on DSL, will you also have more control of the > > sequence of messages arriving at subscribers' inboxes? In other words, >will I > > no longer receive replies to a message that arrives later than the reply > > itself? > > I think so. > > david > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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