RE: [cobalt-users] OT: ISP's and Port 25 blocks

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> We have another client that needs to send large 
> files via email (3-5Mb) because his clients are too dumb to 
> figure out ftp - even with a browser - and his ISP won't 
> allow file attachments larger than 2Mb

Good for them. I don't think ISP's need to cater to idiots that can't
follow simple instructions. A 3 - 5 MB file sent by email becomes a 6 -
10 MB file.

> ....thus, he is now 
> screwed because he can't use his domain's smtp capability.

He can, just not via that ISP.
 
> Personally, I don't see how an ISP can *legally* block access 
> to someone else's equipment.

Because it's their network. Your network, your rules.

> Perhaps a class action 
> lawsuit is in order - understand my reasoning behind that 
> suggestion - an ISP is blocking my clients' access to *my* equipment.

"Judge, I want to force someone to let me use their property and rewrite
the contract I agreed to when I signed up."

That should go far.
-- 
C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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