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Do you use mail.btconnect.com from a non BTO ISP ?

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Andy Jenkins

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Jun 3, 2003, 9:28:46 AM6/3/03
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Do you send email from an ISP that is not BTOpenworld via the
mail.btconnect.com server ?

On the 11th June 2003, BTOpenworld will change to SMTP Authentication
in a further attempt to drive down the increase of SPAM that is being
relayed via BTOpenworlds servers.

http://www.btofaq.net/v3/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=662
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Martin Cooper

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Jun 3, 2003, 1:46:12 PM6/3/03
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Andy Jenkins wrote:
> Do you send email from an ISP that is not BTOpenworld via the
> mail.btconnect.com server ?
>
> On the 11th June 2003, BTOpenworld will change to SMTP
Authentication
> in a further attempt to drive down the increase of SPAM that is
being
> relayed via BTOpenworlds servers.
>
> http://www.btofaq.net/v3/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=662

Hi,
so presumably that will screw everyone using mail.btinternet.com
from the BT Broadband package, as they will not have a BTO username /
password ? Not that it matters to me.

Martin


**Mattsmith31**

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Jun 3, 2003, 3:19:12 PM6/3/03
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"Andy Jenkins" <andy_n...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:1h8pdv0ak2npe3nhn...@4ax.com...

> Do you send email from an ISP that is not BTOpenworld via the
> mail.btconnect.com server ?
>
> On the 11th June 2003, BTOpenworld will change to SMTP Authentication
> in a further attempt to drive down the increase of SPAM that is being
> relayed via BTOpenworlds servers.

When I had a BT account I would send and receive BTmail using Freeserve
which was handy when the BTo connection was down. Freeserve was the
only ISP you could do this with AFAIK.


As for BTo making changes, they can try but the spam will continue, I'm
glad I left them because I was getting 150 spams per day.


Chris Lambert

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Jun 3, 2003, 3:22:48 PM6/3/03
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Andy Jenkins wrote:

> Do you send email from an ISP that is not BTOpenworld via the
> mail.btconnect.com server ?
>
> On the 11th June 2003, BTOpenworld will change to SMTP Authentication
> in a further attempt to drive down the increase of SPAM that is being
> relayed via BTOpenworlds servers.

Why do BTO have an open relay anyway?


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Chris Lambert

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Jun 3, 2003, 3:23:30 PM6/3/03
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Martin Cooper wrote:

> so presumably that will screw everyone using mail.btinternet.com
> from the BT Broadband package, as they will not have a BTO username /
> password ? Not that it matters to me.

Considering that BT Broadband is supposed to be an access only product, why
is BTO providing services for its customers?


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Martin Cooper

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Jun 3, 2003, 3:43:26 PM6/3/03
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Chris Lambert wrote:
> Martin Cooper wrote:
>
>> so presumably that will screw everyone using
mail.btinternet.com
>> from the BT Broadband package, as they will not have a BTO username
/
>> password ? Not that it matters to me.
>
> Considering that BT Broadband is supposed to be an access only
> product, why is BTO providing services for its customers?

They aren't, but their security is so poor that anyone onBT Broadband
can use their mail server for outgoing SMTP, and also their news
server. I know that several people do this on BT Broadband.

Martin


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