Charter blocking Port 25

Thu Jun 10 04:22:26 UTC 2004


In article <20040610020644.GI6816 at arctic.org> you write:
>
>On 06/09/04, Arman <arman at unitedlayer.com> wrote: 
>
>> Does anybody else know of other cable/DSL providers that simply block 
>> outbound port 25?
>
>       Many of 'em do.  If your contract says you can run servers on
>       your connection, then you should call and complain.
>
>       On the other hand, if Charter prohibits running servers on your
>       connection...well, you get what you pay for.

        What does whether you can run a server have to do with
        *initiating* SMTP traffic.

        As for the original question.  Optus blocks but if you call
        customer support they will remove the block with a warning
        "if you spam we will block it" which is reasonable based
        on the published AUP.  Yes they also added the block w/o
        informing anyone.  I would be calling Charter and asking
        for the block to be removed.
        
>       Either way, this is one of those issues where everyone has an
>       opinion and they've all been stated before.
>
>-- 
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><jdfalk at cybernothing.org>                               -- Jack Kerouac

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