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I worked at an ISP and no, net neutrality aside, SMTP on residential is bad bad bad. It should be permitted only at the customer's request, but probably won't f
by feld 12y ago
I worked at an ISP and no, net neutrality aside, SMTP on residential is bad bad bad. It should be permitted only at the customer's request, but probably won't fix the fact that their subnet is on a global spam blacklist.
- zurn 12y agoThe point of NN is that the ISP shouldn't get to make that decision. Even "allow on request" is very problematic because it's a slippery slope. Many people run SMTP at home mostly to receive mail, because the ISP is legally obligated to retain mail logs for law enforcement etc. (EU data retention law)