Cox and email revisited

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Author: Derek Neighbors
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Subject: Cox and email revisited
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On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 18:57, Augie Grayfox wrote:
> *v*The reason they should have given is you are trying to relay mail. A
> *v*tactic that most spammers have used for years. They consider you as a
> *v*spammer and should block your mail. I certainly would if I were them.=

=3D20
> *v*Relays are bad news and cause other customers grief.
> *v*
> How the HELL is sending an email from my @cox address to my client's @xxx=

.com=20
> address be considered relaying?
> I thought that was just emailing somebody?


Well I can configure my boxes to send @cox email to @xxx.com and have it
be a relay. Just because you have an address of @cox doesn't mean you
are not relaying.

Now if you have things configured on your side to directly use their
mail servers and not route through so it looks like a relay, then yeah
you have a legitimate gripe and I apologize. I have never seen a
"relay" error where the host wasn't relaying. Perhaps they have their
end that severely mis-configured.

> By your reasoning and apparantly cox' anybody that sends ANY email is rel=

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> therefore a spammer
> PULLLEEEEASE get real!

I don't know your setup, but for right or wrong I would suspect if they
have internal relay problems, they would have enough Windows customers
pissed off they would be trying to fix it. Fortunately or unfortunately
GNU/Linux generally comes with mail servers of its own and its easy to
accidently misconfigure them. If you have everything configured
correctly and they really are that fscked up, I apologize and you have
every right to be pissed.

> The only reason I mentioned this was to basically rant about crappie tech=

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> support that seems to unduly single out Linux users.=20


I haven't experienced this. In fact, they have been quite a bit better
than most. They don't do anything to "help", but they don't refuse to
talk to me because I simply run GNU/Linux.

> I'm sorry if I ruffled any feathers for badmouthing anybody's favorite IS=

P and=20
> no I'm not switching from cox, been with them for years. I may continue t=

o=20
> use them, but that don't mean I have to like they're discriminatory treat=

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> of non m$ users.


Um I they are not my favorite by a long shot. Read the archives. I
always recommend getting VDSL first and DSL second if one has the
choice. I would not have Cox at all if I had either V/DSL available to
me.


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Derek Neighbors
GNU Enterprise
http://www.gnuenterprise.org


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