Having been forced to use the ISP as a smarthost for delivery (as reverse lookup is not provided for residential service), I depend on Comcast to deliver my mail. But look what we just got for attempting help a user on the quantlib-users list:
Reporting-MTA: dns; comcast.net
Arrival-Date: 8 Sep 2006 1:46:30 +0000
Final-Recipient: rfc822;
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.0 MAIL FROM: 550 REPLY:
550-"rejected_because_your_SMTP_server,_204.127.225.94,_is_in_the_Spamcop_RBL.
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; Permanent Failure: Other address status
Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 01:46:36 -0000
So a benefit of handing over around $500 per annum is that I do not get my mail delivered because the goods folks at sourceforge.net now think ATT Broadband aka Comcast [ to whom the address mail server 204.127.225.94 resolves ] is a spammer.
Someone please remind me why I haven't switched to Speakeasy?