[71153] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Charter blocking Port 25
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Andrews)
Thu Jun 10 01:35:32 2004
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:22:26 +1000
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In article <20040610020644.GI6816@arctic.org> you write:
>
>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.
What does whether you can run a server have to do with
*initiating* SMTP traffic.
As for the original question. Optus blocks but if you call
customer support they will remove the block with a warning
"if you spam we will block it" which is reasonable based
on the published AUP. Yes they also added the block w/o
informing anyone. I would be calling Charter and asking
for the block to be removed.
> Either way, this is one of those issues where everyone has an
> opinion and they've all been stated before.
>
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