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On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 09:31:34AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:38:07 -0400, Sean Lester wrote: |
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> > That's it. I didn't think the ISP would block outgoing port 25. |
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> Unfortunately, quite a lot seem to do it. it's a lazy and lame "solution" |
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> to spam trojans. Other ISPs forward all port 25 connections to their own |
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> SMTP server, so your mail may not be delivered directly, but it is |
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> delivered. |
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> Even if port 25 isn't blocked or redirected, it is often worth using your |
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> ISP's relay even if you have a broadband connection. Some ISP's block |
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> incoming mail from IP ranges allocated to broadband users as an anti-spam |
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> measure. |
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Ha. In my case, my ISP (Optimum Online) gets blacklisted from AOL and |
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a third of Taiwan (among other places). So sending mail through their |
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mail-server is like suicide. |
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What I do is to set up an SSH tunnel to my University mail-server |
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and bounce my mail through port forwarding... |
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"Yan Can Cook" and George Lucas have a new |
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joint-venture web site, titled "eWok". |
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Sortir en Pantoufles: up 42 days, 16:37 |
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