[OT - Cox.net] Re: cable broadband and dialup modem

[Robert Holtzman]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, NoOp wrote:

> On 03/02/2009 07:39 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:

                 ............snip............

>> The upshot is that I want as little to do with Cox as possible.
>>
>
> Email Server  	News Server
> POP Server: pop.west.cox.net
> SMTP Server: smtp.west.cox.net
> 	news.west.cox.net

Uhm....if I wasn't aware of this I wouldn't be able to send/receive mail 
to/from this list.

>
> But if you are having problems with their news/mail, why not just use
> them as a transport and set up news/mail with a 3rd party? For instance,
> you can still get e-mail accounts via Sonic if you wish:
> http://www.sonic.net/sales/hosting/ and there are many others (less
> expensive). I'm sure that as a previous customer of Sonic that Dane
> Jasper & crew would be happy to work with you.

I kept my sonic account alive when I went to Cox. I have already tried 
posting thru their news server (news.sonic.net) but had the same problem 
with posts to moderated groups not showing up. I even got a Giganews 
account to try. Still no joy. The only common denominator in all this is 
that my mail to the various news servers is going thru Cox's SMTP server. 
Why that would contribute to the problem is beyond me but going thru a 
dialup modem would bypass Cox and confirm whether or not their SMTP 
server is at fault. What have I missed?

Thanks.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
  "The best argument against democracy is a five
minute conversation with the average voter."
                               Winston Churchill