[TriLUG] AOL's new email policy

[H.Wade Minter]

On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 06:01 PM, Jason White wrote:
> One benefit of *not* using your ISP is that you have more control over
> each message, and you will know if the message made it to its
> destination, because you will be communicating directly with the SMTP
> server on the other end.

...which, of course, you have to weigh against the (pretty significant) 
odds of someone using a RBL that blocks all "dialup" address space, 
rendering your SMTP transaction null and void.