From: "Geo." 

"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:dkgfavsv369h3devl4np54maf5d0rqggcd{at}4ax.com...

>    From a privacy point of view, the fewer hops, the better.   If privacy
is the top
> concern they need to use S-MIME anyway.    If delivering their own mail
directly is a top
> priority, why are they using DSL, which typically has no SLA and only best
effort delivery
> designs?   DSL works great for Joe Sixpack web surfer / E-mailer.  It
often works great
> for small businesses.   It is often not suitable for ultra-reliable mail
delivery.

there is one other issue nobody here has mentioned.

If you relay thru your ISP's server and that server gets blacklisted
(because of the same reasons people are blocking dsl subnets) then you're
hosed. However if you are delivering your own mail then a blacklisting of a
spamsource on your ISP isn't going to affect you. You will only get
blacklisted if your server is used to spam.

Geo.

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