Subj : September, 2003 Echolist
To   : Michael Grant
From : Thom LaCosta
Date : Tue Sep 30 2003 04:46 am

Michael Grant wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

 MG> Hello Thom.

 MG> 29 Sep 03 15:31, you wrote to me:

 MG>>> It appears that your ISP is blocking mail sent from anyone with
 MG>>> dynamic IP numbers assigned by Cable/DSL providers. This does not
 MG>>> seem like a good situation for the echolist to be in.

 TL> My ISP said, yes, he is blocking mail from that type of address.

 MG> Considering that most people in Fidonet with an IP connection have
 MG> a dynamic IP number, and many of them run their own e-mail servers,
 MG> that is bad news... :-( 

Yep....can't argue that

 TL> The bigger problem is that I can't find another provider within
 TL> the local
 TL> calling area that is/will offer UUCP service.

 MG> Why do you need UUCP? 

The gateway here is run by GIGO, which uses UUCP.

 MG> Is there not a local Unix university system
 MG> in Baltimore that you can buy UUCP service from?

I don't think so....since there are ISPs falling all over themselves, the 
Universities don't have the same motivation they used to have for providing 
services.  There is also an increasing sentiment that government subsidized 
operations shouldn't be competing against the private sector.

What I need is something to translate email to the robot into the .msg format.
I could then download the "messages" from my server and process them.
I'm going to post a request in the PERL echo...perhaps someone has already done 
that.

It's a real mess. 

cya,
thom
baltimoremd@baltimoremd.com
http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ 
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