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Originally Posted by stuartbe
There are users out there that do know what they are doing and dont pose a risk as open relays or spam portals. If you are a small company like we are a leased line is out of the question.
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There is a very good reason why mail sent direct from a dynamic IP can't be trusted. Although at the moment, that dynamic IP happens to belong to you, and you can be trusted, tomorrow that IP might be handed out to someone else who is running an open relay. (I know IP addresses in NTL tend to stick around, but they *can* change - mine did a couple of weeks ago after a hardware "upgrade" at NTL's end).
I agree with you that NTL's SMTP servers can't be trusted (nor can their POP3 servers for that matter), so the only real solution is to buy email services from a reliable third party. I happen to use UK Web Solutions Direct, who have been very reliable (20 quid a year for POP3, SMTP, webmail, and 100MB of web space), but I'm sure there are plenty of other suitable providers.