[brlug-general] Alarm! Political Censorship of Email.

[Tim Fournet]

Anyone who runs a commercial mail server, especially those with mailing 
lists, know that there are issues in getting email to AOL/MSN because of 
their strict controls on accepting email. If these guys want to think 
it's something politicial, then maybe it just says something about their 
skewed perception of reality.

I've worked with e-commerce companies and cursed AOL's strictness 
before, but I also know that if you actually take the time to call the 
postmasters, they'll help you get unblocked.

Also, SMTP servers blocking incoming mail from misconfigured servers, 
and ISPs blocking incoming TCP/25 connections to home IP ranges have 
nothing to do with each other, except for being two separate measures of 
blocking SPAM.

willhill wrote:
> Both AOL and M$ Hotmail have been blocking TruthOut newsletters and other 
> communications.  
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> http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091307Z.shtml
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> They will probably claim this as a mistake, or attention seeking by TruthOut, 
> but it's a threat that hangs over everyone's head as long as most ISPs block 
> the standard email port and forbid "servers" at home.  Without software and 
> internet freedom, there is no freedom of speech or press.  
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