[TriLUG] semi-OT: mail relaying broken for other time warner customers?

[Lisa Lorenzin via TriLUG]

matt, thanks for confirming that we're not the only ones running into 
this... :(

lance, thanks for the suggestion!  we considered just going with that kind 
of workaround for this (especially since we just switched from their DNS 
servers to OpenDNS to bypass the DNS resolution problems due to 
unreachability of their DNS servers). but to be honest, i'm rather 
incandescently pissed off at them for just breaking this with no warning, 
enough so that i'm willing to fight with their tech support to see if we 
can get it fixed.

if they aren't willing to return us to the level of service we've had for 
the past decade, i'd rather find another internet provider than keep 
giving them our money. (anybody have suggestions for alternatives in north 
durham? :) )

especially since when i asked about the recent DNS outages, internet 
reachability issues, etc. i was told that they were "most likely" side 
effects of the network upgrade in progress... which they expect to 
complete around the end of may.  i don't have _any_ interest in paying 
them for unreliable internet connectivity for two more months!

                                         regards,

                                                 lisa

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015, Matt Nash via TriLUG wrote:

> Some friends who use their RR POP accounts had a similar problem.
> Previously they did have to authenticate to smtp-server.nc.rr.com, but they
> only had to use the user-part of their email address. Now it seems to
> require the entire email address as the username.
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Lance A. Brown via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> I have a similar setup, and set up my server to relayhost to a VPS I have
>> at linode.com using the submission port (587) instead of port 25. Gets
>> around the outbound SMTP block TWC put up very nicely.
>>
>> I don't live in NC any longer, but the same setup gets around Verizon
>> FIOS' outbound SMTP block as well.
>>
>> --[Lance]
>>
>>
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