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A tad off-topic, but John, why don't you setup a mailing list and have the |
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PTA members join? |
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On 9/23/05, John Jolet <john@×××××.net> wrote: |
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> On Sep 23, 2005, at 3:31 AM, 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 |
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> > "solution" |
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> > to spam trojans. Other ISPs forward all port 25 connections to |
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> > 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 |
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> > 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 |
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> > anti-spam |
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> > measure. |
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> one unfortunately corollary to this is my isp doesn't block outgoing |
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> port 25, but DOES limit the number of emails you send via their |
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> relay. I send a newsletter for my kids' school's pta and I could not |
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> do that if I couldn't send at least a chunk of them directly. |
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- Mark Shields |