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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5920290" data-attributes="member: 8835">I don't literally expect people to actually fire their ISP every year.&nbsp; But I've had 4 ISPs over 15 years.&nbsp; My hotmail email address was never impacted.People move.&nbsp; Using your ISP's email address needlessly entangles you, whereas a major web-mail provider does not.Furthermore, most ISPs set you up with a POP3 account and a crappy web-interface.&nbsp; This puts your mail on your PC and not where your mobile device can get to it.Thus far, the most superior configuration I have found is gmail, which has IMAP and Exchange opened up.&nbsp; You can use Outlook with it if you are inclined.&nbsp; Your iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry can all do GoogleSync and keep email, contacts and calendar in sync with the web and devices.&nbsp; it's better than the limited iCloud solution Apple has.It's not just houses.&nbsp; Companies and schools do the same thing.&nbsp; So one IP blocking from a bad user at work can take out an entire school of potentially valid users.&nbsp; I worked at a fortune small-number company full of nerds who played D&amp;D.&nbsp; Bound to be a few enworlders there.My point being, I support not blocking by IP because there are such complexities that aren't immediately obvious when such ideas are proposed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5920290, member: 8835"] I don't literally expect people to actually fire their ISP every year. But I've had 4 ISPs over 15 years. My hotmail email address was never impacted. People move. Using your ISP's email address needlessly entangles you, whereas a major web-mail provider does not. Furthermore, most ISPs set you up with a POP3 account and a crappy web-interface. This puts your mail on your PC and not where your mobile device can get to it. Thus far, the most superior configuration I have found is gmail, which has IMAP and Exchange opened up. You can use Outlook with it if you are inclined. Your iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry can all do GoogleSync and keep email, contacts and calendar in sync with the web and devices. it's better than the limited iCloud solution Apple has. It's not just houses. Companies and schools do the same thing. So one IP blocking from a bad user at work can take out an entire school of potentially valid users. I worked at a fortune small-number company full of nerds who played D&D. Bound to be a few enworlders there. My point being, I support not blocking by IP because there are such complexities that aren't immediately obvious when such ideas are proposed. [/QUOTE]

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