[GTALUG] Connection Refused

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 01:55:36PM -0500, Randy Jonasz wrote:
> Thanks Steve!  That's the problem.  I can telnet to my ISP's smtp
> server but not any other.
> 
> Now I'll have to phone my ISP when I get home and have them change
> their port blocks.  Wish me luck.

I hightly doubt they will, but it is worth asking.

If you pay for a static IP, then I suspect they are more likely to do it.

I can certainly telnet to port 25 from my teksavvy VDSL2 connection with
a static IP.

Another option people use is to use a port other than 25 of course.

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Len Sorensen