ISP port blocking practice

Fri Sep 3 14:38:31 UTC 2010

Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
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>> On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
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>>> Have you heard of the submission port?
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>> Yes... Many of the idiots that block outbound 25 also block outbound 587 and sometimes 465.
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> Could you point to more than one instance?  I've not yet found one.  And I think I spend at least as much time in hotels & 3G & airports & etc. as you anyone else here.
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>   
FWIW, I had it happen at a local library.  Used their webform to send a 
message mentioning that blocking 25 was good, but blocking 587 and 465 
was bad.  It took several days but they did fix it.

jc