
Originally Posted by
burble
1 - It doesn't sound normal, but it could just be a badly configures server their end or they may be restricting connections to the SMTP server by the hostname of your connection - crazy if they are (IP address is a much better option). Either way, not much you can do about it but maybe drop them an email and ask?
2 - It'll probably be deleted if you close your account. See if you can convert the account to a PAYG dialup account - that used to work to keep accounts with Freeserve active. It's for this sort of reason that I never use an email address from my ISP.
The stats look fine, you're getting the full sync rate for the MaxDSL product you're on. There's still a bit of SNR to play with so if you we on an ADSL2+ product you could see better sync rates. As your downstream attenuation is nice and low you'd probably see a 20Mbit sync rate on ADSL2+.