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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 17:34:32 +0200, "Kuifmans" <nospam@nospam.demon.nl>
wrote:

>John McCabe wrote:
>
>> My current ISP is Demon and I am on a standard dial-up account which
>> provides me with an SMTP mail feed. I therefore run an SMTP server
>> which has a Pegasus gateway and it is configured to reject mail from
>> various places. I am now considering switching to Demon ADSL but, for
>> some reason, they don't provide an SMTP feed for the home ADSL
>> packages!
>
>Are you sure about that?

Well that's what I was told by the sales bloke. I've put a long email
together to them pointing out why I think it's a daft idea however....

>I'm on Demon ADSL too (in the Netherlands) and there *is* an option for
>mailkicks.

... I'm not convinced about his excuse for this being the case
(something to do with bandwidth). I seem to remember reading some time
ago that one of the conditions BT (the suppliers of the ADSL
connection) put on the home services of those who use its ADSL links
was that they couldn't supply an SMTP mail feed. This was so that
small businesses etc didn't reduce their costs by running on a 'home'
connection and using servers. If anyone knows any more about this it
would be useful.

FWIW, I *can* get an SMTP feed if I go for a business connections but
that's too expensive for me. Even the cheapest home one will cost me
more than my current subscription plus telephone bills, but I'm
getting fed up waiting for pages to download!


Best Regards
John McCabe

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