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On 2023-09-24, Carlos E. R. <
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-09-24 20:53, John Hasler wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>> Why do most people not have any say in what email provider to use?
>>
>> Carlos E.R. writes:
>>> You have to choose an ISP in your area of residence, catering to
>>> residents. One has to look at things such as fiber speed, TV offerings,
>>> etc. How they handle SPAM? They are all the same.
>>
>> There are "free" Webmail providers such as Gmail, which is what most
>> people use. Most of the rest of us use commercial services such as
>> Pobox.
>
> Gmail does not provide IPs to clients. Is not an ISP.
True they do however provide an SMTP "smarthost" service (but I don`t
think you can use your own domain name on the free service)
> Yet Gmail is a huge source of spammers... If you are big enough, you set
> the rules. Nobody blocks them.
I`ve seen lots of spam about gmail addresses, not so much that`s
actually traceable to gmail.
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