--On 15 May 2009 13:11:02 +0100 Hill Ruyter <hill@???> wrote:
>
> What I seem to see here is an assumption that the only people who should
> be allowed to run an email server are those doing it as a business and if
> you want to run a little linux box with a couple of domains with about 3
> accounts each you are left out in the cold.
There are hosting services, ISPs and DNS providers that will allow you to
do this stuff. It's a specialist requirement, so you should not expect
every ISP to provide the services that you need to run a respectable email
service.
> I am aware that spam is a WAY bigger problem for you guys but it is
> still a real pain for me too and ultimately I may wish to send a really
> important email to one of your customers some day and all these clever
> widgets stop it getting through because I don't have the resources to set
> up a trick DNS etc, where does that leave me and your customer?
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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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