Mweb??? This is classic

[Cider]

Extract from their T & C's regarding business package.

12.4 Unless you subscribe to a business package and you are permitted in terms of such business package, you may not resell the ADSL Services, receive any charge or benefit for the use of the ADSL Services or provide Internet access or any other feature of the ADSL Services to any third party or in any other way exploit the ADSL Service for any commercial purposes. The ADSL Service is intended for periodic, active use of the internet. You may not run a server in connection with the ADSL Services. You may not provide network services to others via the ADSL Services. In addition, you are prohibited from running servers for, including without limitation, mail, http, ftp, irc and multi-user interactive forums. You may not share your ADSL Services.

How the hell can a business not host a mail server?

 

[MadCat]

The best kept treasures are always the hidden ones. Just don't tell Mweb or anyone else you are actually using Mweb. Chances are even if people trace the IP they won't have a clue where it comes from.

 

[Boomstomp]

Thats T&C from standard Uncapped.

AFAIK Business Uncapped may host mail servers.

 

[DarkStreet]

Maybe they mean a mail server as in a mail server that is accessible outside of the business (very much the same as if you were running a web server that allowed visits from anybody online outside of the business network), in other words, you are not allowed to use the line to act like a web host.

 

[Nortic]

...12.4 Unless you subscribe to a business package...

How the hell can a business not host a mail server?

*facepalm*

 

[synapseZA]

I think Boomstomp is right:

Unless you subscribe to a business package and you are permitted in terms of such business package, you may not.

So it is fine to do so on the business package, but not on the standard uncapped.

 

[froot]

You're also not allowed to host internet games (ie cod4 server, etc etc etc) on Mweb......

 

[bekdik]

So a private person cannot run a server? What a road of clap.

 

[Raedwulf]

So a private person cannot run a server? What a road of clap.

Yeah I think that sort of sums it up.

 

[PeterCH]

So a private person cannot run a server? What a road of clap.

You can, as a private person, get the Business package. You don't need to be a business to use a business package - but it's on contract and more than twice the price of the residential offering.

Then again the residential offering is called a "SOHO" product, so if you run a tiny office, you should
be OK.