[78283] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward B. Dreger)
Sat Feb 26 20:43:11 2005
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 01:42:40 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0502252320550.6102@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
SD> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:24:16 -0500 (EST)
SD> From: Sean Donelan
SD> Sigh, if even the network professionals have difficulty understanding
SD> how things work, what hope is there for the rest of the users.
Funny you should say that. I frequently comment that the average
"service provider" of today is less competent and more apathetic than
the average end user of a decade ago.
I'd absolutely _love_ to be proven wrong.
Eddy
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