Simon Hobson writes:
If every ISP did this sort of thing, then spam would be reduced, and the life of spammers would be made harder as there would be far less compromisable machines for them to use.
Time to wake up, it's a dream and it aint going to happen :-(
Oh ye of little faith:
http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/networkstatus/serviceannouncements/announce27a...
Summary:
AOL blocks all Demon customers, including those with static IPs, from sending email except through the Demon smarthosts.
Quote: "However, AOL is able to accommodate Demon customers who operate their own email systems, bypassing the Demon "smarthost", provided of course that they are not sending any unsolicited commercial email!"
You simply email Demon's whitelist manager and request you are added to the list.
Mark Rogers, More Solutions Ltd