On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:38:06PM -0500, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 15:06, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > > I'm 99.9% certain you're right. Our CEO has Comcast DSL, and I can state > > authoritatively that it absolutely blocks his outbound port 25 from going > > anywhere other than to Comcast IPs. We got around it by using a > > non-standard port for SMTP, and it works like a champ, so apparently they > > only clamp down on specific IPs. NOTE: the host we were attempting to > > talk -to- is a host fully under our control, with no blocking whatsoever, > > so it was definitely Comcast's side that was blocking outbound. > > Many ISP's are doing this sort of filtering now. No outbound 25, no > inbound port 80/443, etc. They claim that it is to protect their > networks from worms and the like. However, I believe that they are > ramping up for a new business model where they have different levels of > service depending on how much you want to pay.
Strangely enough, I'd pay for it. But I imagine they'll charge me through the nose (read: more than 2X the cost) for it. In which case it won't be affordable. -Mark
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