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On 7/6/05, Scott Llewellyn <mirv@××××××××××××.ca> wrote: |
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> I plan on calling them. Unfortantly there is no one there at 4 am! I was |
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> just curious it port 25 being closed would be the reason I couldn't recieve |
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> email in the first place. |
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> Scott |
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Scott, |
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I didn't have a chance to read this thread but I'd be careful about |
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calling them if you are on any form of a home-oriented service |
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network. Most of the home ones, mine being Comcast for instance, have |
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specific clauses about two things: |
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1) You are not allowed to register their IP address with any domain service. |
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2) You are not allowed to run any 'servers' that are accessible from |
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the general Internet. |
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To run a mail server I believe that it would be typical to break both |
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of those clauses. I know one individual who claims he had his account |
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shut down for apparently even asking questions related to this topic. |
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I don't have any way to know if that's really true but he still grips |
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about it over beer. (Of course we gripe about many things. Yada yada |
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yada...) ;-) |
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If none of this applies to your specific ISP then I apologize for |
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using bandwidth. |
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With best regards, |
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Mark |
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