Yeah, but what happens when it's a stupid customer who gets your mail server on a blackhole list, because they stupidly installed Exchange Server, which relays mail through YOUR server. They are on your IP, so your mail server lets them through.
Before you know it, you're on a blackhole list. You call the customer, get it fixed, and then find getting off of those lists is impossible... Seems the whole "slap on the hand" principle falls apart here, cause you weren't the one w/ the open relay..
I could be grossly mistaken, and this is just my opinion, but shouldn't that be what a politician is? Shouldn't he represent the agenda of his CONSTITUENTS, not his own?
...No more than it will take them to Re-learn the newest release of Windows.
Once you can get around a GUI decently, they are all similar.
The differences between them are more locations of common functions, which change just as much between Windows versions as between Windows and the Linux distros.
Oh, you silly spoiled end-users... try being at the other end of postmaster@anydomain.com.
If I only got 20 spams in a day, I'd start to think we had a broken mail server.
Here here... The techs at the ISP I work for cringed when they read this. Now we either have to open up our SMTP servers to allow mail from Verizon IP's (umm... not gonna happen), or our mail customers who have Verizon DSL are going to be up that proverbial tributary without means of locomotion. -----
Yes, ISP's are becoming like long-distance service. People (most people who aren't complete computer geeks) could care less how long they wait for tech support, how fast their connection trains up, or anything like that, as long as it's cheap.
The truth is, the differenct between ISP's ~really~ isn't that big (not for the major ones, at least) So if someone can get their internet for $1 cheaper at the next company down the road, they usually will.
Unfortunately, this creates a problem, because now companies are competing for customers by price, rather than quality of service. It's a harsh reality, but to quote Radiohead "you do it to yourself, you do. And that's what really hurts..."
We can't have it both ways, and it seems that people who know what they're doing are a minority. Meaning that the trend is going to continue, because the average person only cares that ~their~ internet only costs $7/mo. and really, how much of a network can you build w/ a customer base paying $7/mo?
What is their justification for the $125 Charge? You say you rent the Raq3, do they mean to imply that this is something you could do yourself, and they will do it for you?
Just where does the boundary in your contract lie on that? If you are allowed to do the patch yourself, then there may be ~some~ justification for the charge (that doesn't make it right, mind you). However, if it's something they won't let you do, then they are exercising quite an unfair business practice. A bit of a Catch-22 where they won't let you fix it, it needs to be fixed, and they still want to charge you for it.
If the second option is true (You don't have access to patch the server), I'm sure if you call and complain enough, they'll work something out. Just remember to bug them A LOT!!! They'll buckle, escpecially if you're right, and they know it, and you can plant the seed in their heads that any court would know it too -----
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Yeah, but what happens when it's a stupid customer who gets your mail server on a blackhole list, because they stupidly installed Exchange Server, which relays mail through YOUR server. They are on your IP, so your mail server lets them through.
Before you know it, you're on a blackhole list. You call the customer, get it fixed, and then find getting off of those lists is impossible... Seems the whole "slap on the hand" principle falls apart here, cause you weren't the one w/ the open relay..
Customers are a necessary evil of being an ISP.
Nope, they just seem to have a HUGE background image, specifically designed to make their server puke when they get slashdotted.
Uhhh.... X Windows?
Do YOU still use DOS?
I could be grossly mistaken, and this is just my opinion, but shouldn't that be what a politician is? Shouldn't he represent the agenda of his CONSTITUENTS, not his own?
...No more than it will take them to Re-learn the newest release of Windows.
Once you can get around a GUI decently, they are all similar.
The differences between them are more locations of common functions, which change just as much between Windows versions as between Windows and the Linux distros.
"This is the first network-based, remote compromise that I'm aware of for Windows desktop systems," said Scott Culp..
HAHAHAHAHAH.. Oh man what rock has he been under?
Oh, you silly spoiled end-users... try being at the other end of postmaster@anydomain.com.
If I only got 20 spams in a day, I'd start to think we had a broken mail server.
Here here... The techs at the ISP I work for cringed when they read this. Now we either have to open up our SMTP servers to allow mail from Verizon IP's (umm... not gonna happen), or our mail customers who have Verizon DSL are going to be up that proverbial tributary without means of locomotion.
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Yes, ISP's are becoming like long-distance service. People (most people who aren't complete computer geeks) could care less how long they wait for tech support, how fast their connection trains up, or anything like that, as long as it's cheap.
The truth is, the differenct between ISP's ~really~ isn't that big (not for the major ones, at least) So if someone can get their internet for $1 cheaper at the next company down the road, they usually will.
Unfortunately, this creates a problem, because now companies are competing for customers by price, rather than quality of service. It's a harsh reality, but to quote Radiohead "you do it to yourself, you do. And that's what really hurts..."
We can't have it both ways, and it seems that people who know what they're doing are a minority. Meaning that the trend is going to continue, because the average person only cares that ~their~ internet only costs $7/mo. and really, how much of a network can you build w/ a customer base paying $7/mo?
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The bottom of that FAQ is funny.
I realize it's a pun, but I couldn't resist:
"Can the machine run as a secure server?
Secure server support is available at an additional charge. See our pricing information for details."
See? They're gonna charge you to make that Cobalt secure.
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What is their justification for the $125 Charge? You say you rent the Raq3, do they mean to imply that this is something you could do yourself, and they will do it for you?
Just where does the boundary in your contract lie on that? If you are allowed to do the patch yourself, then there may be ~some~ justification for the charge (that doesn't make it right, mind you). However, if it's something they won't let you do, then they are exercising quite an unfair business practice. A bit of a Catch-22 where they won't let you fix it, it needs to be fixed, and they still want to charge you for it.
If the second option is true (You don't have access to patch the server), I'm sure if you call and complain enough, they'll work something out. Just remember to bug them A LOT!!! They'll buckle, escpecially if you're right, and they know it, and you can plant the seed in their heads that any court would know it too
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I think we're beyond racism there... shouldn't it read "speciesist" (and yes, I did just make that word up, so it can't be spelled wrong)
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