[cochiselinux] Re: ISP service
- From: "jcantral@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <jcantral@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:35:58 -0700
MSN barred me for using Mac OS X -- said it was a security risk to
them??????
Jeffrey Denton wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, George Self wrote:
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>>I would agree that your choice of operating system has little to do with
>>the ISP you use. At my home I am on COX but used C2I2 prior to that.
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>MSN can cause problems for Linux users. Getting online is not the
>problem though. The email servers use an authentication algorithm
>called SPA. The only programs that I'm aware of the support this is
>Outlook and Outlook Express.
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>>John is correct in stating your level of support will be different with
>>these various ISPs. For example, I once had a question about connecting
>>with Linux. The ISP had phone-in help available to make sure you could
>>get connected. However, that help was not able to answer any questions
>>about Linux (or Unix) - it was a "Windows Only" shop.
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>I've had to fake that I was in Windows once with C2I2 just to verify
>that their email server was down. I just followed along with their
>questions and direction. If they asked for information such as DNS IP
>addresses or email server names, I'd give them what I had set in Linux.
>If they asked something that I was unsure of what the answer should have
>been for Windows, I'd just play dumb and claim I didn't know what they
>were talking about. It takes about 5 - 10 minutes to go through their
>script.
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>dentonj
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