I am looking for a new ISP that works reasonably well with Linux. I
currently have a broadband connection (Comcast), but I am not impressed
with their e-mail utilities. My current ISP for e-mail (Eskimo North) was
good until recently, when they decided to start classifying Comcast as a
"spam site" and refusing my incoming e-mail from my friends, etc. who use
Comcast. *I* prefer to make the decisions about what I consider spam.
E-mail from my fiancée isn't spam, even though Eskimo North thinks so.

I'd like to find an ISP for my e-mail that has UNIX shell access,
Procmail, POP/IMAP, SSH and other standard utilities. It would also be
nice if they had a large collection of regional numbers I could use for
dialup when I travel with my laptop, but this isn't a necessity.

Can anyone out there recommend an ISP that works well with Linux?
Linux/UNIX support isn't necesary, I just need them to run standard,
non-proprietary services.

I am located in Indiana, if that makes a difference. I will likely be
downloading my e-mail over my existing cable modem connection, however.

Thanks for any (reasonable) suggestions!

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Mark Cudworth

In article <YuednXJtcaYge9GiXTWQkQ@giganews.com>, Mark Cudworth wrote:
> I am looking for a new ISP that works reasonably well with Linux. I
> currently have a broadband connection (Comcast), but I am not impressed
> with their e-mail utilities. My current ISP for e-mail (Eskimo North) was
> good until recently, when they decided to start classifying Comcast as a
> "spam site" and refusing my incoming e-mail from my friends, etc. who use
> Comcast. *I* prefer to make the decisions about what I consider spam.
> E-mail from my fiancée isn't spam, even though Eskimo North thinks so.

You should should look at Speakeasy. They are very linux friendly and if
you want you can run your own mail server on a residential connection
(but you need to pay $10/month for the PLUS package to get static IPs).
They don't block ports. They don't use PPPoE for people with static IP
addresses. (If you have a dynamic IP address you might still get a static
one initially, but they reserve the right to make it dynamic later.)

> I'd like to find an ISP for my e-mail that has UNIX shell access,
> Procmail, POP/IMAP, SSH and other standard utilities. It would also be
> nice if they had a large collection of regional numbers I could use for
> dialup when I travel with my laptop, but this isn't a necessity.

Speakeasy does provide shell accounts, but they aren't on their main
mail server, so you need to forward your email there if you want.
Not all packages come with a shell account, and even if they do you
have to ask for it to be activated.

> Can anyone out there recommend an ISP that works well with Linux?
> Linux/UNIX support isn't necesary, I just need them to run standard,
> non-proprietary services.
>
> I am located in Indiana, if that makes a difference. I will likely be
> downloading my e-mail over my existing cable modem connection, however.

Speakeasy works with COVAD and New Edge Networks. One of those will need
to have equipment in your CO for you to be able to use Speakeasy for
broadband access.

>
> Thanks for any (reasonable) suggestions!