Rogers block out Re:Need an ISP in TO

[ted leslie]

runing an isp and adminsitering a few more,
this rogers smtp off load over the last couple of days has been weird.
Rogers soln:
go to port 587 (they suggested)
and put a firewall rule in at smtp source to map that  to 25,
i did that for myself (isp) and another and works like a charm, only issue is,
all the rogers peopl ehaev to change there smtp port set up in their client.

rogers block of 25 is on going, they might not have to across all yet, 
we have pockets up and pocket down 2 days ago, but seems most rogers people 
are now fully blocked.
Most important Rogers acknowledges the problem, they put smtp to a 3rd party,
and i think that is yahoo or aol  isnt it?
anyways they really royally screwed things up

why did they  do it ? probabl ywindows viruses hacking on port 25 anywhere,
and by only allowing access using 25 on rogers nets, to pre approved smtp server,
i guess its  adios smtp based windows viruses!!! no actaully to bad an idea!

-tl


On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 03:22:54PM -0400, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> On June 29, 2005 12:27, James Knott wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I just checked. I'm actually connecting to another port, not 25, via SSL so 25 
> could be blocked and I wouldn't know it. I could also do what I do for POP, 
> which is to put:
> 
> ssh -C -f me-3Q2Tfjf0mexWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org -L 11110:mydomain.com:110 sleep 5
> 
> in the precommand field in KMail and point to localhost:11110 to check POP 
> mail.
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> 
> Clifford Ilkay
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> 3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
> Toronto, ON
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> 
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