so much disinformation - it bugs me... As you can see, my email address went through 'unmunged' by cox.net Craig Return-Path: Received: from rly-zd03.mx.aol.com (rly-zd03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.227]) by air-zd03.mail.aol.com (v94.29) with ESMTP id MAILINZD34-38023eefbe9221e; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:21:22 -0400 Received: from fed1mtao01.cox.net (fed1mtao01.cox.net [68.6.19.244]) by rly-zd03.mx.aol.com (v94.27) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINZD33-3a53eefbe912dc; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:21:21 -0400 Received: from linuxserver.azapple.com ([68.3.248.151]) by fed1mtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030618012117.WPEH28502.fed1mtao01.cox.net@linuxserver.azapple.com> for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:21:17 -0400 Received: from router.azapple.com (lin-workstation.azapple.com [192.168.2.10]) by linuxserver.azapple.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5I15uEG002200 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:05:56 -0700 Subject: test From: Craig White To: whitecraig@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1055899279.3964.11.camel@lin-workstation.azapple.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 (1.4.0-1) Date: 17 Jun 2003 18:21:20 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AOL-IP: 172.31.33.227 On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 16:32, David A. Sinck wrote: > \_ SMTP quoth Eric Thelin on 6/17/2003 15:21 as having spake thusly: > \_ > \_ It was submitted to slashdot and here by a co-worker of mine. He is > \_ angry because cox is not only blocking port 25 but also adding relay > \_ filters to only allow email sent with the from address set to use your > \_ cox.net address. So he can't send out emails from his personal domain > \_ or a domain used for a home based business in any way except web mail > \_ that avoids smtp until off of the cox network. > > from http://support.cox.net/custsup/email/email_info.shtml > > | Q: Does this mean that I have to use my @cox.net email address for > | everything I send? > | > | A: No. You can use any valid email address, but the email sent from > | your Cox High Speed Internet connection must be routed through a Cox > | SMTP server. > | [...] > | Q: I pay for my own domain name so I can send personal email through > | that server. Why are you blocking this legitimate use? > | > | A: We understand that some customers have vanity domain names and this > | action should not keep you from using your personal domain name. To > | ensure your ability to send email from your personal domain, your mail > | client must be set to a Cox outgoing mail server. This change in > | settings will be transparent to email recipients, and will not impact > | your ability to receive email. If you have a business requirement to > | bypass the Cox mail servers, please contact Cox Business Services for > | additional options. > > I'd so much like to say I'm suprised that this seems to be false. > > David > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss