Aw hell, I have no problem routing my mail through
their smtp servers. Now, when that whole process
ends up delaying the delivery of my mail, then I will
be upset.

What I see more benefit from is having them open
25 going the other way! I had loads of uses for that ability
until they shut me down....I am able to skirt the port 80 issue
by running on something higher, but can not find a similar solution
for smtp (e.g run mail on a higher port?).

my 2 cents.

-mike