Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]
On Friday 18 July 2008 13:47, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sat,19.Jul.08, 00:43:13, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > > I receive most of my emails through my ISPs POP server (ex. all list
> > > traffic), but I can't use their SMTP server to relay as they don't
> > > allow a different From, not even after authentication.
> >
> > I think you may be confusing "relay" with "open relay".
>
> I have no problem to identify myself as a paying user to their services
> (they do use SMTP AUTH). But afterwards they just plainly end the
> session if the From does not have the address they supply.
>
> Call it whatever you like, but they are still denying functionality to
> paying users (which used to work before).
I think this is a fairly common anti-spam measure -- I know that
it's the official policy of Verizon for residential accounts.
It might be possible to get a "business internet" account,
for more money of course, which allows you to relay your own
domain's e-mail through your ISP's servers.
-- A.
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Andrew Reid / reidac@bellatlantic.net
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