On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 14:51, Paul Howarth wrote: > Chris Hewitt wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 04:18, Thomas Zehetbauer wrote: > > I do not see any problem in everyone using their ISP's mail server for > > outgoing email. It is easy to configure and provides some anti-spam > > measures for the ISP and for any unfortunate end-user mis-configuring a > > smtp server for open-relay. > > > > Thomas, why would you not want to use your ISP's outgoing mail server? > > I only use my ISP's mail server for sites that I cannot reach directly. One of > the disadvantages of using the ISP's server is a loss of control; once the > mail is delivered to the ISP you have no control over redelivery attempts (if > the remote MXes are down), can't see if the mail has actually been delivered > to the remote site's mail server etc. Knowing such things can be very useful > when diagnosing mail problems. > > Paul. Paul, True. I probably just do not have enough mail delivery problems to need anything else. I get a bounce message upon non-delivery and use that. The fact that I get very few means that as an ordinary ISP account user I have not found I need to do anything different. Is Thomas's situation different I wonder? Regards Chris
