[TriLUG] OT broadband question

[Michael Thompson]

In Greenville, Earthlink DSL does block port 25 to any server besides
smtp.earthlink.net on residential accounts, at least every one that I
have set up.  (At least 30-40)  Our DSL at work has port 25 open, but it
is a commercial account...

--mwt

On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 15:15, Robert Baker wrote:
> Jeremy,
> 
> Actually they don't block port 25 if it's to smtp.earthlink.net, but to any
> other smtp server it's blocked.
> 
> This sucks as I have my own smtp server at my hosting company and can't use
> it from home.
> 
> I hope they don't do this on my dsl line when it gets installed.
> 
> 
> 
> >>> Rob Baker <<<
> Webcentric Applications Developer
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Portzer [mailto:jeremyp at pobox.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:42 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] OT broadband question
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 14:32, Ryan Leathers wrote:
> > Yes Sir,
> > 
> > Earthlink's policy is to block port 25 for all dial, DSL, and cable
> > customers. Mindspring used to do this and when Earthlink absorbed them 
> > a couple years ago they adopted the policy. The intent is to limit the 
> > spam that might otherwise originate from Earthlink customers.
> > 
> > Details on their policy may be found at
> > http://help.earthlink.net/port25/ Though some of the language on this 
> > page seems to indicate that this is only for dial users rest assured 
> > that the blocking is not transport technology dependant.  DSL and 
> > cable users will "benefit" just as much as dial users from this 
> > filtering.
> 
> I have Earthlink Cable through Time Warner, and port 25 is *not* blocked,
> either outgoing or incoming.  I have not checked it with dialup.
> 
> --Jeremy
> 
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