[OT] Routing?

[phil]

On Jun 27, 2005, at 9:17 AM, James Knott wrote:

> phil wrote:

>>  (I know some providers shut
>> down SMTP from outside their network, but in this case: providing
>> 3rd-party mail is part of their business, there's no error message, 
>> and
>> it's strangely selective.)
>
> Many ISPs block external smtp connections, to reduce the possibility of
> spamming.

Right, but in cases where I've seen that done, there's been a reject 
message and it has affected *all* external sources.  If you're correct, 
they're certainly doing it oddly by keeping the server port open until 
timeout rather than dropping the unwanted connection.

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Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714

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