Looking for ISP, again

[James Knott]

Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 8/8/05, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>>
>>>Okay, maybe.  Does anyone know if they block outgoing 465 or 587?
>>>Not likely?
>>>
>>http://www.rogershelp.com/yahoo/mail/smtp.html#one
> 
> I'm afraid this answers a different question - those are instructions
> from users outside
> Rogers network for connecting to these ports on Rogers servers.  My question is
> about the opposite situation.  If I get Rogers ISP, will I be able to
> connect to ports
> 465 and 587 on OTHER servers  (such as smtp.gmail.com)?

One might presume that if they allow it in one direction, they'd also do
so in the reverse.

However, I thought I'd try an experiment.  I used my notebook computer
to access a dial up account.  I then tried to telent to the notebook's
IP, using port numbers 465 and 587.  Using Ethereal, I was able to see
both attempts, so it's apparent that Rogers does not block outgoing
connections to those ports.
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