On Tuesday 07 March 2006 03:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ---====================================--- > METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL > ---====================================--- > > I just got off the phone with Steve Bradley of Metrocast's > (http://www.metrocastcablevision.com/) technical support. > > Metrocast, last week, started filtering packets sent by their > customers to port 25 on ALL Internet hosts. Yes, you read that right: > Metrocast is filtering ALL port 25 packets OUTBOUND from their > residential customers.
While I understand your frustration, what they are doing is a pretty valid way to reduce spam. If you're running your own mail server somewhere you want to use, then you can run a mail server on an alternate port. Lots don't block 465 (ssmtp) or 587 (alternate smtp). In my case, since I can never remember those port numbers, I run a mail server on 26 and tell those that need to relay through me (authenticated of course) to use port 26. You could also configure your local machine to smarthost all email through your ISP's mail server. The only problem here is with SPF. If you control the domain, you'll want to add their mail server to your SPF record so that it is recognized as a "valid" sender of email from your domain. If you don't control the domain, perhaps your company can build a VPN setup. There certainly would be no problem with using the VPN to access your mail server, bypassing your ISP's firewall. This isn't something to get so bent out of shape for really. If you know how email and dns works, then you can work around it very easily. And if it still causes you problems, then as others said, shell out some extra money to get a commercial account. At the very least, I can suggest that ProSpeed, a local DSL provider in Tyngsboro, MA gives me 1Mbps SDSL and a static IP fully knowing I have servers here for primarily non-commercial purposes and I'm not blocked. They even setup my reverse DNS request without qualms. -Neil _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
