Vivien M. wrote:
Take the following situation: Joe Idiot has operated his small business
using an email address @isp.net. He upgraded to broadband, but keeps the
account with isp.net so he gets his business email. With SPF, isp.net
must
provide him with a relay (or allow the broadband ISP's in its SPF
record) -
if isp.net management wants to get a new BMW, they can tell Joe that the
SMTP AUTH relay service is $25/month. Assuming a time machine is not
available so he can go back in time and buy a domain like he SHOULD
have,
Joe has two choices: pay up, or face serious disruption to his business
email. I'd say paying for the SMTP AUTH service is the cheaper
alternative.
Vivien,
This is no different than any other factor that a business does not own but
uses in the real world. For example, if a pizza shop has been in the same
location for many years, but the landlord decides that the property would
make more money as a parking lot, then that is outside the pizza guy's
control. If you don't own it, then you suffer the consequences of that,
just as you have probably gained advantages of not having to own it (lots of
cash in the R.E. example, expertise of having your own domain and email
provider in the email example). Businesspeople know this. It is never too
late for Joe to get his own domain.
Marc
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