Tired of Being Screwed By Cox (no pun intended)

[Craig White]

so much disinformation - it bugs me...

As you can see, my email address went through 'unmunged' by cox.net

Craig

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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
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