question arose when registering to join a forum. It seems one is preferable to have.
2007-02-24 13:32:23 · 3 answers · asked by DEIRDRE R 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
A lot of forums only allow ISP (Internet Service Provider) email because only subscribers to an ISP can have those email accounts. While anybody can just sign up for a non ISP like Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, Hotfemail =). Anyways, they do it to prevent spammers from joining the forum.
2007-02-24 16:04:24 · answer #1 · answered by ih8u 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ISP are those who actually sell access. DSL / Cable Internet providers are ISPs, as are traditional dial-up like AOL, Earthlink, and local providers.
NON-ISP e-mail are those free domains like Hotmail, GMail, and so on, where anybody can register.
Forum registration often want ISP-based email as those are less likely to be from spammers and bots as they require real $$$, whereas the non-ISP mail accounts can often be mass registered by bots and be tossed with no financial impact.
2007-02-24 13:43:17 · answer #2 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an isp e-mail provider is an e-mail account that is provided through your isp, (the one you subscribe to). a non-isp E-mail account is any additional e-mail account you may have like through yahoo or aol of which are not your isp.
2007-02-24 13:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by alk99 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋