[SECC] Re:Walmart ISP

[Bill Fisher, W4AN]

She has her email client configured wrong.  If she is on Earthlink, she
has to send mail through an earthlink mail server.  If she is on
Bellsouth, she has to send mail through a Bellsouth server.  Using a
remote server is called relaying and almost all ISPs block this because
that is how the spammers do their dirty work.

73

Bill

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Joe L Blackwell wrote:

> I have no complaints with Juno after more than 5 years.  Started at
> 21.95, down to 14.95 with tech support and then to 9.95 with paid-for
> tech support.  After 5 years, I have no need for tech support.  I use
> Bellsouth DSL and get Juno access lickety-split, no problems.  Always
> there.  Always there.  Problem is, my Lady is on Earthlink which she can
> get her email from Earthlink via Bellsouth DSL, but for some reason,
> Earthlink will not let her SEND email via Bellsouth DSL.  What's that all
> about?  She can use mail2web, however.
> 
> I'm not touting Juno.  To each his own.  Yes, you get Ads, but I keep
> Juno hot all the time, weeks on end, so I'm not constantly logging on to
> watch all those Ads.  Works for me, but if Earthlink continues to be so
> picky with my Lady, I may end up being aa4nn@earthlink.net  to get some
> sanity here.
> 
> 73, Joe, aa4nn
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> Sorter for letters "A", "H" and "X"
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