Hello!
Derek Martin has written on Sunday, 5 August, at 22:06:
>On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 03:58:19AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>> An ISP is there to provide full, unfiltered Internet access. If the
>> user has chosen as ISP that blocks some ports, that's his problem.
>You'd better stay in Europe, my friend... ;-) ALL major providers
>here block SMTP, most teir II providers do, and the only service
>that's available in most places that doesn't have it blocked is 3x-5x
>more expensive than what most people are willing to pay for internet
>service. You can argue until you're blue in the face that your ISP
>should be what you described, but unless you're in a lucky region with
>an unusually permissive ISP, you ain't gettin' it.
I'm afraid it isn't only in NA but in Europe too as many of providers
these times prevent unsolicited mail and troyans from windoze users by
disabling SMTP and NetBOIS outgoing traffic by default but enabling it
only if user explicitly asks to enable it. And those who are talking
about "unfiltered Internet access" should return to real world where is
some filtering even between major providers. ;-)
So in short: MUA talking to MX is unacceptable while MUA using SMTP
is common case now but that SMTP should go to dedicated gateway - either
local or ISP one. dixi.
With best wishes.
Andriy.
