Need an ISP in TO

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Jun 29 16:27:46 UTC 2005


Taavi Burns wrote:
> On 6/29/05, CLIFFORD ILKAY <clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>Not true. I use my own smtp server which I access without a problem via the
>>Rogers network. Besides, if they blocked port 25, I could always access the
>>external smtp server using an ssh or IPSec tunnel.
> 
> As do I, but that's incoming port 25, not outgoing.  All threads so
> far refer to Rogers blocking outbound port 25 (sending mail directly
> to someone else's mail server), not inbound port 25 (receiving mail to
> a server which you're running).
> 

Actually, in this day 'n age, I'd expect that if an ISP allows remote
connections, it should be via a secure connection, rather than port 25.

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