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Technology Stocks : MindSpring Enterprises (MSPG) Another ISP. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dumbmoney who wrote (1308)	8/26/1999 8:48:00 AM
From: Roger A. Babb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1434

DM, Read following which is directly from Mindspring: 01424: MindSpring SMTP (Mail) Servers are Required to Send E-mail To stop spam (unsolicited, bulk e-mail) and in an effort to be a better Internet neighbor, MindSpring requires that our customers use only MindSpring servers to send e-mail when connected to a MindSpring access number. A. Acceptable SMTP Servers ----------------------- You will need to use the SMTP server that corresponds to your domain as shown below. Username@domain SMTP Server --------------- ----------- username@mindspring.com smtp.mindspring.com username@pipeline.com smtp.pipeline.com username@sprynet.com smtp.sprynet.com username@interserv.com smtp.interserv.com username@ix.netcom.com smtp.ix.netcom.com username@travelin.com smtp.travelin.com For help in configuring your e-mail program, please check out the following Web page: help.mindspring.com B. Special Considerations ---------------------- MindSpring POP mail is still available from locations other than MindSpring's network. For example, you are still able to retrieve MindSpring POP mail from a corporate network. On a corporate network, however, you would not be able to send your mail via MindSpring's SMTP servers. For example, a traveling corporate employee uses MindSpring for Internet service while on the road. While on the corporate LAN, the employee is able to check MindSpring mail but is not allowed to send mail via MindSpring. Therefore, the email configuration while in the office would look something like this: POP server: corporate_employee@pop.mindspring.com SMTP server: smtp.corporation.com When traveling, this user would be required to change the SMTP server to smtp.mindspring.com. An alternative would be to use an e-mail client that supports multiple profiles. C. Anti-Spam Measures ------------------ MindSpring has taken other action in our fight against spam. Customers from other domains who try to circumvent SMTP controls implemented by their provider often use their own or other SMTP servers. In an effort to reduce incoming spam, MindSpring refuses such email and directs these users to allowable SMTP servers. Not only is MindSpring interested in reducing spam our customers receive, but we are also working to reduce the spam our customers might generate. Anti SPAM Web sites: cauce.org spamcop.net D. About Mail Servers ------------------ As you probably know, MindSpring receives your incoming e-mail and holds it for you until you retrieve it. The computer that receives and holds your incoming e-mail is called a POP server, and will have a name something like pop.mindspring.com. In order for your e-mail application to retrieve your e-mail, it must know the name of your POP server. In the same way, your e-mail application must know the name of your outgoing or SMTP server in order to send e-mail. E. How This Change Will Help Control Spam -------------------------------------- Because our customers so frequently mention spam as their primary concern, and because spam consumes such a vast amount of the Internet's resources, MindSpring has gone to great lengths to reduce the unsolicited, bulk e-mail that comes into our network. As good Internet neighbors, we also do our best to control the spam that originates from our network. Theoretically a person with a MindSpring account could use an outgoing mail server anywhere in the world, thus bypassing the outgoing spam controls we have in place. By blocking messages sent to other outgoing mail servers, we ensure that all e-mail that originates from our network is treated properly. June Helderle Mindspring Technical Support This is my personal email address Please email questions to support@mindspring.com Visit us: mindspring.com Online support: help.mindspring.com Support: 1-800-719-4660 Sales:1-888-MSPRING Web Hosting: 1-888-WEB1997