>> That'd be good to a degree. If you change your email service
>> provider, what then? I suppose it wouldn't be a big problem to
>> notify Thom of the change, you'll certainly realize you didn't
>> when you get your update bounced.

 JC>    Well, I was thinking about the system at the other end
 JC> having, and needing, the whitelist, not Thoms' system;  after
 JC> all, it was the system at the other end that couldn't figure
 JC> out that the message was from a known source...

i suppose that may actually be how this works when one uses a blocking rule
to start with and then has allow rules following... as stated in another
message, apparently the GIGOSMTP engine doesn't block on IP numbers but
only on domain names... i believe i have taken care of that by putting in
both for the elistin system... now if he can get stuff working via email
again, we'll be able to test it and see...

)\/(ark