no, the tech was right. They show a list of smtp addresses, but it's not for home useage. they usually supply a "q.com" or a msn.com email address or something similar to home customers (odd) Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler at tysdomain.com web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: Re: lots of problems solved: my life story > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 02:53:20PM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote: >> something I find extremely odd: >> I am using smtp for my moo; their smtp and pop accounts are both >> pop.bla.qwest.com (where bla==the zone). > > Yeah, I was going to say that qwest not providing smtp to residential > customers sounded extremely odd. I've been on static IP with them > since the beginning, so I can't definitely say they're wrong, but from > what I saw when browsing their site, it sure looked like they provide > smtp and pop3 to their customers, residential, or not. Besides, I've > never heard of a residential ISP before that didn't provide full > e-mail to their customers. My opinion is that the tech just told you > that because they could use the extra money from you (setup fee, and > monthly charges), but then what do I know. Anyway, if you're going to > run a server on your connection, and you have no problem paying a bit > extra for the static Ip, then keeping it is probably the way to go. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkktyZAACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyDGrgCfcpX6KF5apNPiz+Iw5QbzH4X6 > lWIAnia2tRpXKPAwRo8Fgqc/Ze0t+Jo4 > =uGd2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
