On Fri,18.Jul.08, 19:57:19, Andrew Reid wrote: > 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. I don't think this has anything to do with spam (I already "passed" the AUTH test), but with them trying to advertise their services by making me use their email. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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