Looking for ISP, again

[Ian Zimmerman]

On 8/8/05, CLIFFORD ILKAY <clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On August 8, 2005 10:57, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> > I am sorry if this dead horse has been beaten enough already ...
> >
> > Just moved to the area (in 905 actually) and looking for a
> > broadband ISP that is at least not Linux hostile.
> >
> > I have read the entire June-July thread about this.
> > Rogers' blocking of outgoing port 25 would be a problem for me.
> [snip]
> 
> If Rogers blocking port 25 is a problem for you, then your choices
> should be limited to those ISPs that will provide you with a static
> IP address that is not on a RBL and quite likely one that will
> provide a reverse DNS that will resolve to the domain name you want
> to use. Even with Rogers Business High Speed, where port 25 was not
> blocked last time I checked, using a local SMTP server would result
> in messages being bounced or blocked by the anti spam measures of the
> ISPs of some of the recipients. The problem is that some RBLs
> classify the Rogers IP addresses as being on IP blocks assigned to
> dial up users.

No, I don't connect directly to recip's MX addresses; I just want to use 
a smarthost different from Rogers', one that trusts me.
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