Phorm and Cookies

James Firth ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:51:30 +0100


On 03 April 2008, Mark Lomas wrote
> p.s. I doubt that competition law could force an ISP to route SMTP
> traffic.

What about the case that I am with an ISP isp-x.com and they only offer me
SMTP email addresses @isp-x.com.

I know that if I move IPS I will loose my email address.

The workaround is to find a third-party SMTP mail provider to continue to
handle jfirth.net

But the network is blocking access to third-party SMTP servers, so I am
forced to use the ISPs email account and then become locked into their
services, because email addresses are not portable.

James Firth