Re: And so it begins...

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok.  So how do they distinguish between an ISP and an End User?  I "act" 
as an ISP for several of my small business accounts but I don't know of 
an ISP "registry" when I become official.

So what is their criteria for being "an ISP"?

Pete


Joe Pluta wrote:

> Okay, here's a new twist on the blacklist/whitelist concept.
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> I just sent an email to someone.  It didn't get through because the
> recipient's ISP blocked it.  Why?  Because it didn't recognize me as an
> ISP.  That is, this service no longer accepts mail from "end user"
> accounts, which pretty much includes anybody running their own SMTP
> server over a DSL line.  They give you a number of options, including
> rerouting your mail through your ISP, or getting your ISP to change the
> PTR record for your DSL address.  Otherwise, the user has to turn off
> spam filtering.  As far as I can tell, this is purely a blacklist
> approach, with no ability to whitelist a domain.  So any small business
> running their own SMTP server over a DSL line is subject to this kind of
> blacklisting.
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> Is this a sign of things to come?
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> Joe
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> More info: http://www.korax.net/info/mail_reject.phtml
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