kkb
An individual right
join:2000-06-11
Montrose, CO
| reply to justin
Re: Earthlink blocks port 25 outgoing!
I disagree. There are valid instances where mass-mailing should be permitted. Your very own Line Monitoring emailed reports would be forbidden if you used MindSpring's mail system. Also, there are private email systems external to MS/EL some folks use that require SMTP password authentication - these systems will not accept MS relays due to the password requirement and the user is hosed 'cause direct access to the mail server is blocked.
I could agree to say a 30 to 90 day probation period for MS/EL to weed out abusers at which time a person could petition to have the restriction lifted from their account. |
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Brian D9
join:2000-02-26
Camp Hill, PA | Just curious, if it blocked on port 25, could'nt I reconfigure my co-located server to listen for SMTP on a different port number? And then connect to that port number from my sytem here at home? |
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bil2k
join:2000-08-19
Pompano Beach, FL | yep |
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graysonf
Premium,MVM
join:1999-07-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to Brian D9
Sure, then you could connect on another port from home. But how does your coloacated server, now running on a non-standard port, exchange mail with the rest of the world who is still listening on port 25? |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| reply to kkb
If you were an Earthlink customer, you could still send out the Line Monitoring reports via Earthlink servers. You are right that private SMTP servers would need to be reconfigured, but that's somewhat unusual, most people get to their "private" e-mail accounts via VPN, which the port blocking would not affect.
I do agree that some notice would have been a good idea to protect those few who might be using outgoing SMTP connections respectably. As much as I dislike port blocking in general, I do think the good outweighs the bad in this situation. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | reply to graysonf
Using a firewall, you could forward the nonstandard port to 25 so the server effectively listens on both ports....
-- Rob |
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Bubba Joe
@uswest.net
| reply to djrobx
This is excellent.
Anyone can still have email delivered to their external domain, i.e. joe@otherdomain.com
All you do is set up your email program for Earthlink to say Joe@otherdomain.com as the reply address instead of Joe@earthlink.com
This is NO problem for anyone at all. In the grand scheme of life! It does, however, punish those losers who spam people because they can't get a real job. The harassment will start to slowly end as other ISPs will follow. Remember, Earthlink is #2 (a distant #2) after AOL.
Good MOVE! |
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RBB
@swbell.ne
| reply to kkb
I agree--AT&T WorldNet's port-25 policy is just as you describe: The port is initially blocked, but after 30 days (enough time for you to have to start paying for the service) you can call tech support and have the block removed. I used it all the time to send/receive mail through Yahoo! Mail (since WorldNet's own SMTP server is behind a firewall, so you can't use it while connected to another ISP). I guess I'll have to look and see if my new SWBell DSL line has a port-25 block... |
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mdntblu
join:1999-09-30
Corona, CA |  reply to Brian D9
yeah you can have it listen on a different port and also even configure it to listen on multiple ports. |
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