On 09:22 AM 05/30/2000 -0400, it would appear that [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > > Do they advertise "unlimited access?"
>
> > Huh? I'm not sure what you mean with regards to email.
>
>It's kind of funny, I had this problem on Friday, with someone in our
>company using AT&T. Since we have virus scanning and IMail on the same
>machine, I opened up the port that IMail uses, so this person could get
>his E-mail sent. The change in the firewall wasn't going to be made until
>after I left for the day. That night, I checked to make sure that the new
>port was open, and it was... but I nearly paniced when I found out that
>the normal SMTP port (that all incoming E-mail comes in on) was
>down! Later in the weekend, I confirmed with my ISP (a local one) that
>they are blocking SMTP port access.
>
>My ISP obviously thought I was a hacker (I mentioned that I administer a
>mail server and oversee others, and they said that they couldn't imagine
>how I could need access to the SMTP port on my mail server). I explained
>almost 10 different reasons why I need access to the SMTP
>port. Unfortunately, they are not restricting access to the SMTP port,
>they are eliminating it for everyone. There is no way to access it.
>
>One person in this list mentioned that it just meant an extra hop for his
>outgoing E-mail. That isn't the problem. The problem is that the only
>way to make sure that your mail server is up and running, and the only way
>to make sure it is configured properly and is working properly is to
>connect to it via the SMTP port. The way I had always understood, "Full
>Internet Access" means that you can connect to any port on any computer.
>
>Am I the only one who connects to port 25 to check out my server? I can
>certainly see the need to block unnecessary access to port 25 (we of all
>people should understand that). However, is it unreasonable of me to
>expect that I should be able to find an ISP that allows this? If all
>dialup ISPs deny access to the SMTP port, how can I test things from home?
This is exactly what I meant when I asked my question "Do they advertise
'unlimited access?'" as they are obviously not offering unlimited access.
Tyran Ormond
LAN Technician/Programmer
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