[TriLUG] Suggestions for mail hosting.

[jason at monsterjam.org]

why cant you just  relay all your email to your isp's smtp server?

Jason

On Wed, Apr 
18, 2007 at 03:22:27PM 
-0400, J.C. Jones wrote:
> Dave and Brian,
> 
> I spoke with an earthlink business rep just a few minutes ago. He said 
> that earthlink service was open ports, except for 25 which is blocked. 
> He said that MOST providers are blocking 25.
> 
> At the present time, for residential service, they are featuring 12.95 
> per month for dsl for six months, then it goes to 39 dollars per month. 
> static ip address for residential is 15 dollars extra.
> 
> I am a residential user as well and can't get the business service from 
> either bellsouth or earthlink.
> 
> jcj
> 
> Dave Sorenson wrote:
> 
> >Their sales guys wont tell you about the blocking nor will level 1 
> >chair warmers. They block incoming and outgoing 25. Port 80 was open, 
> >but be careful not to pull too much traffic.
> >
> >I had an account before they started blocking and had open 25 until I 
> >upgraded my speed. They lied to me and said that I would still be able 
> >to use incoming port 25 as my original TOS allowed it as long as I was 
> >secure and not an open relay. I "upgraded" and spent 4 days on the 
> >phone until they finally admitted that they were blocking and there 
> >was noting I could do except upgrade to business class. When I tried 
> >to do that they would not do it because my line was my residence... 
> >they would not take my money. I'm with Time Warner now.
> >
> >The sad thing is I found a service that would forward my incoming mail 
> >to port 26 and everything worked fine for the 3 months I stayed with 
> >them til I moved and switched. Their efforts were circumvented in less 
> >than a half an hour.
> >
> >BS from BS I guess.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >J.C. Jones wrote:
> >
> >>Interesting,
> >>
> >>Moments ago, I was on the phone to bellsouth/at&t about their dsl 
> >>service and the rep said that no ports were blocked. Maybe I need to 
> >>check this out more carefully. ( actually he said he knew of no ports 
> >>being blocke, but he did say you could run a webserver on the service 
> >>I was asking about -- fastaccess dsl extreme)
> >>
> >>jcj
> >>
> >>Brian Daniels wrote:
> >>
> >>>Anyone with experience in third-party email hosting?  Places like 
> >>>pobox.com and similar?
> >>>
> >>>Bellsouth's (now AT&T) mail servers have been annoyingly flaky for a 
> >>>month or so, delaying messages hours or even days, returning 
> >>>messages unsent after three days, etc.  So, I'm looking for 
> >>>somewhere that can host my email, letting me pick it up via POP3.  
> >>>It needs to be an actual host, not just a redirector, as redirecting 
> >>>to my BS account wouldn't help in this case.
> >>>
> >>>I don't want to use gmail/hotmail, because I don't trust either 
> >>>company enough.  I don't mind paying a reasonable (<$100) yearly 
> >>>cost.  Running my own server is out, violates TOS and they port block.
> >>>
> >>>I've found pobox.com and a few others, but I'd like some reviews 
> >>>before I go to the hassle of changing my email address.
> >>>
> >>>--Brian
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>
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