They also blocked POP mail access and SMTP access

I agree with this. I just don't know why these things happen.

They also blocked POP mail access and SMTP access like to

pop.hotpop.com and smtp.hotpop.com

Does this fall under blockign right to have access to internet

resources ? Is there any genuine reson for blocking those port

accesses ?

Also if somebody gives same access via http port, will there be

any reason to block that too ?

Just feeling sad!

I just wanted to have an offline access to news articles in

comp.arch.* etc technical stuff. Seems like there is no

way out!