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TomAtl
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Re: its about time
Dear Bellsouth Agent,
Apparently someone in your office has provided you with inaccurate information again.
I do not have an email server attached to the Bellsouth (FastAccess) DSL network. I have a consumer PC. For several years, I have been able to send email with my computer to my server (located in Texas and hosted with EV1Servers.net) for legitimate email communications with customers, friends, family, and loved ones. Now that bellsouth has blocked the transmission of data with intent to have all bellsouth DSL users redirect their email to your server ("Insert the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP Server). This should be set to mail.bellsouth.net" from »home.bellsouth.net/csbellsouth/s···.htm&ck=
And the statement "It simply allows BellSouth Internet Service to help ensure that spam is not being sent out through the BellSouth network." From »home.bellsouth.net/csbellsouth/s···er=y&ck=
And your statement "Our customers are more than welcome to use our SMTP server (mail.bellsouth.net) to send personal mail, even for non-BellSouth e-mail addresses." ) only proves that bellsouth is using this means to collect users personal and confidential data without them knowing or being aware of it. How else would you be able to verify unless you in some way read the content of the email. Also, sounds to me that your servers are configured to be an open relay which is a big no no in the network would.
The statement made by the above web posting on your site also says, "If your secondary e-mail account is an AOL account, you should not have to make changes to your e-mail software." Means that AOL mail users have been excluded from this port blocking, blocking of data, and the anti-Spam and e-mail class of service rules configured on the BellSouth mail system. Sounds to me that non-bellsouth email users and non-AOL email users have been blocked.
I'm shocked to see that bellsouth does not stop the porn that transmits across your network or even the virus infected websites, but chooses to block email or more specifically the transmission of my data.
Here are the points I wish to make.
1. I've had unlimited access and data communication via the network until 10pm Monday evening for several years.
2. Your reference to running a server is merely a smoke screen as I am not running a server. Although any bellsouth customer that has the netsky or beagle virus is running a server. Actually every Windows PC is technically a server by definition.
3. AOL has been excluded from the blocking tactic.
4. You block the transmission of data, and then tell me to purchase a more expensive plain to open the port back up. Sounds like extortion to me, or do you refer to it as the American way of doing business.
5. I think BellSouth aka FastAccess is guilty of breaking the law more specifically the Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act. OCGA 16-9-90
6. I will be seeking a warrant and permission for class action. | |
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