I have just been affected by this change. However, I am able to send mail thru Cox's servers using a From address with
my personal domains. Previously, I was sending mail thru each of my domains directly, bypassing Cox's SMTP servers
altogether. Now I simply changed my email client settings to Cox's SMTP server and I am able to send emails thru Cox's
servers using the appropriate From address for each of my 3 personal domains.
Peter
On 17 Jun 2003 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
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