>could then write a set of perl (I actually have it somewhere - it was
>the test harness for various signup systems I wrote) which just
>subscribes (or attempts to subscribe) accounts by the dozen.
I'd love to see how they got verified since that also requires a name, an
address and an expiration.
>In short ISPs sell mail services, not in general infrastructure for you
>to run your own.
Then they should be called *MAIL* providers, not *INTERNET SERVICE*
providers. I signed up with an ISP so I can IRC, play games, FTP, do online
banking (which breaks in some cases of redirection), ICQ, telnet, etc. Mail
is just one of a whole suite of applications which ride over the protocol
service, TCP/IP, that I paid for. That is why I get service through an ISP,
not a mail service.
>If you want to do something that in the new market is a specialist >application then you need to get a specialist service. If that costs more >then thats market forces.
But this isn't "new", this is basic. TCP/IP, nothing more, nothing less,
no filters.
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