On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:43:43 GMT, Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> was
understood to have stated the following:
>David W. Poole, Jr. proclaimed:
>> "G.R. Patterson III" <grpphoto@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<410512F2.E72E88DB@verizon.net>...
>>
>>>And, of course, you can't have your account with Verizon, since Verizon will block
>>>any post or mail if you use a fake server name or a fake Verizon account name.
>>
>>
>> Ouch; nice to know. What is their justification for this?
>
> Spam prevention mostly. It isn't unusual for mail servers to refuse
> to propagate email that doesn't come from a verifiable address, just
> wasn't aware that ISP's had begun configuring their mail servers to
> do this.
It makes sense. I was mulling this over earlier. However, there are
times (very rare these days, but I can see that changing) when I would
want to smtp from one server, forging my address to return to another.
I did this for a when I was using a cell phone and a PDA to read and
respond to email.
> In a related move, it appears that BMW will soon be deploying Sun
> Java in their vehicles. It should surprise no one that Microsoft
> has a similar deal with Fiat. And this is too appropriate to be
> made up...is being reported in a coupla geek trade rags.
Interesting news about BMW's decision; I may actually develop some
respect for them now. Granted I don't know much about Fiats, but the
majority of the ones I've seen haven't been in the best of running
shape. Is Microsoft supposed to make that better? ;-)
