Yes, they're blocking both inbound and outbound. It just started last night, I hear, and it is affecting me now. This would be the iptables equivalent of iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -m tcp ! -d mail.whatever.cox.net --port 25 -j DENY
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 18:35, James Kuhns wrote: > Are y'all sure they are blocking OUTBOUND? > > Reading the text from their web site > (http://www.cox-internet.com/portblocking/), as well as Geek.com > (http://64.55.181.130/news/geeknews/2003Jun/gee20030613020400.htm), and I > don't see anything about outbound, only inbound (which they have been doing > here in Lafayette for some time now). > > Unless I'm missing something, I really don't see how they could feasibly > block outbound - the hardware could not tell whether traffic on a port was > generated by a client or a server and I don't think COX would alienate the > users who check their work email (as an example) from a client at home. > > James Kuhns > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Fournet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <General@brlug.net> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Cox and smtp pain today. > > > > UGH! You're right. This is unacceptable. I already have to host my email > > elsewhere because they're blocking inbound. Now I guess I'll have to > > write an iptables rule on my firewall to reroute to a different port and > > one on the mail server to accept mail at that port. I don't guess we > > could make a difference with some sort of petition.. > > > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 15:37, will hill wrote: > > > Cox messed around with smtp today, as they promised. They now block all > outgoing port 25 and force you to use their mail server or log onto a > machine outside their network to send mail. Whatever they were using did > not play nice with Balsa directly, so I had to set exim to use their smtp > and tell balsa to use the local host. > > > > > > An hour long conversation with their 2nd tier tech support was useless > because they are only trained in Outlook Express. They "don't support any > other client" and can't tell you what their mail server expects except as an > Outlook walk through. Any and all questions were met with hostility and > resentment and I was left with as many questions as I could think of. > > > > > > They don't authenticate based on assigned IP address. > > > > > > They don't take user names and passwords to send mail. > > > > > > Exim will send your mail if you specify their smtp server as yours. > > > > > > They won't talk with balsa. I did not try other mail clients. > > > > > > pop services continued without a problem. > > > > > > Their web thingy, limited to 10 megs of messages, would send mail but > would only change the "reply to" identity rather than the "from". > > > > > > Anyone else have stories to tell? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > General@brlug.net > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General@brlug.net > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
