[71147] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Charter blocking Port 25
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (matthew zeier)
Wed Jun 9 23:07:33 2004
In-Reply-To: <20040610020644.GI6816@arctic.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: matthew zeier <mrz@velvet.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:03:49 -0700
To: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@cybernothing.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
But this is different - I'm not running a mail server -on- my Cox
connection. I'm running one external to Cox but I can't connect to
port 25 on it.
In reality this isn't a problem for me but it is for those who don't
know how to configure their mail readers for a different outbound port.
On Jun 9, 2004, at 7:06 PM, J.D. Falk wrote:
>
> On 06/09/04, Arman <arman@unitedlayer.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anybody else know of other cable/DSL providers that simply block
>> outbound port 25?
>
> Many of 'em do. If your contract says you can run servers on
> your connection, then you should call and complain.
>
> On the other hand, if Charter prohibits running servers on your
> connection...well, you get what you pay for.
>
> Either way, this is one of those issues where everyone has an
> opinion and they've all been stated before.
>
> --
> J.D. Falk "be crazy dumbsaint of
> the mind"
> <jdfalk@cybernothing.org> -- Jack Kerouac
>
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