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Re: Outgoing SMTP Servers

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Kell)
Wed Oct 26 23:08:08 2011

Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:07:12 -0400
From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu>
To: Scott Howard <scott@doc.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <CACnPsNV3r981RJtMho_QWsakTGtd3=rKGwZKRx=CCC45nFmRyg@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org

On 10/26/2011 10:57 PM, Scott Howard wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Aftab Siddiqui <aftab.siddiqui@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Blocking port/25 is a common practice (!= best practice) for home
>> users/consumers because it makes life a bit simpler in educating the end
>> user.

And it's not just 25.  I'm on Charter, and they're blocking 135-139,
445, and 1434 too.   Give Netalyzr a shot from your ISP.

Jeff


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