Vince Callaway wrote:
> Today is my day for dealing with stupidity.
>
> First item is my ISP (centurytel) has decided to do header re-writes on
> outbound mail. Every piece of mail leaving my server had the from
> address re-wrote to be from my fully qualified server name. So much for
> having virtual domains on my box. When I called and bitched they stated
> it was to cut down on forged spam headers. I politely explained that
> they should implement smtp authentication and to leave my headers alone.
> They were clueless.
>
> Fortunately a friend has a server co-located at godaddy. I setup smtp
> authorization on it and I'm back up and running.
I'd say you're lucky on this count. My ISP (Qwest) won't even let me send
mail from my domain (with authentication) through their mail server. Sending
addresses have to belong to the(ir) account.
I send out some stuff directly, but more and more as receiving MTAs block
dynamic addresses, I use dyndns's mailhop service, which has worked well for me.
> The second clueless ISP is Clearwire.
>
> After spending the good part of the weekend trying to figure out why
> inbound mail and web were not working I called tech support. The guy on
> the phone told me they block those ports for dynamic IP. For only $10 a
> month more I can get a static IP and they will open up port 25, but not
> port 80.
QWest can't even offer me a static address, as they have VDSL in my area.
They're not blocking ports though (yet, knock wood).
> After talking with a supervisor he tells me they wont open the port and
> the only people who can authorize it are the network operations center.
> He is not allowed to connect me to them or give me the phone number.
>
> I ask him to show me on the website where they state they do any port
> blocking. After fumbling about for 5 minutes he tells me to search for
> "legal" and I will find a service agreement that states they have the
> right to protect their network. Clueless.
>
> I'm not letting clearwire off the hook. They completely misrepresented
> the service.
>
Good luck finding a good ISP. There are some out there, in some areas.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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