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I understand why my american friends who live in the US have to curtail or leave our business but it really makes me sad. I have been in a lot of cut throat biz but this is not one of them, our biz had the most honest people I have dealt with and I miss you all who are forced to leave.
Brian
My ISP just decided I had to route all my popmail through them.
Is this weird? I never did that before. All outgoing mail has to go through them now.
You say ‘popmail’ and then mention outgoing mail. “POP” is a protocol for incoming mail, not outgoing.
If your ISP is now blocking port 25 access except to their own outgoing mail servers, that’s not unusual at all. Most of the big ISPs have been doing it for years. It’s actually a good thing, because it prevents bot-infected PCs on their network from sending spam.
However, it does mean that if you run your own server and are accustomed to sending mail through it, you’ll have to switch your outgoing server to the ISP’s server instead. This could be an issue for sending newsletters and the like, so you may want to ask.
I didn’t mean pop, I meant smpt. I think.
What happened is that outgoing mail always went through my server.
Suddenly today no mail would go out except the one address I had through my ISP account. I fiddled around and finally asked the ISP.
They say they don’t know how I was ever able to send any mail. All outgoing mail goes through them if I use them as ISP.
This bothers me because then they can read all the mail, can’t they?
Can I avoid that?
I don’t send newsletters or anything that way, I just am suspicious nowadays of anyone suddenly requiring access to my mail content.
I guess I am just paranoid?
Dom I think you’re right to be paranoid.
while I don’t mass-mail, I do send out a list of casinos + links to certain articles I have written to folks that request it and I have become aware of some strange happenings going on in that respect which maybe are my fault they’re happening but I don’t think so.
such things as I can’t copy and paste links over and over again into emails because the suddenly don’t transfer anymore like they once did.
I know its nothing I’m doing different but yet it happens over and over again.
I’d not have ever even known about the problem if a reader hadn’t brought it to my attention. I don’t know if its to do with the content being gambling related but with the way things are …. its certainly a consideration.
like if I get 20 requests for links to an article on my website, I notice that somewhere along the way of copying and pasting … that the lnks stop transfering correctly. I use outlook express so perhaps its a glitch in it … but anyway I sure was pissed when I discovered it because gosh only knows how many replies I sent out that didn’t work.
Since then I”ve learned to check and re-check such things.
Dominique wrote:Can I avoid that?You can use the web based mail interface which is most likely installed on your hosting server. Of course not the most convenient way.
Also some hosting companies are offering an alternative port for sending out emails. Then just change the setting in our email client from port 25 to e.g. port 2025. You may want to ask your host if they can offer an alternative port.
Yes, the web based is a pain even though I have several different ones I can use. Guess I am spoiled…
You mean ISPs offer the different port? or server folks?
It’s a server thing, not an ISP thing, unless you describe your hosting service as your ISP.
Your hosting company might be able to set up an alternative port for you, especially if you are on a dedicated server.Dominique wrote:I didn’t mean pop, I meant smpt. I think.
What happened is that outgoing mail always went through my server.
Suddenly today no mail would go out except the one address I had through my ISP account. I fiddled around and finally asked the ISP.
They say they don’t know how I was ever able to send any mail. All outgoing mail goes through them if I use them as ISP.
This bothers me because then they can read all the mail, can’t they?
Can I avoid that?
I don’t send newsletters or anything that way, I just am suspicious nowadays of anyone suddenly requiring access to my mail content.
I guess I am just paranoid?
You are being paranoid … however ALL your communication
and movements (cell phone GPS and hidden blackboxes in
MOST new cars, check your manual and manufacturer website
) are monitored and stored permanently …
if they really wanted to they can dig it up but you’d have to
be of REAL interest to them at a national security level
threat.
[url]xxxxhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/08/21/event_data_recorder_rule/[/url]
Quote from above link
About 64 percent of model year 2005 cars were equipped with EDRs, according to NHTSA. Some manufacturers already include information about the EDR in the owners manual, but not all, said Rae Tyson, a spokesman for NHTSA.
“If you have a new vehicle, chances are it’s got one,” he said.
:rolleyes:
Just want to say yes this is sad indeed, I have CAP and members to thank, over 2 years I have learned so much from this community and it is a sad day indeed to see friends and fellow webmasters have to leave the industry.
