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New user? Why don't you just block the whole Internet?
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6/19/2007; 3:05 PM by Jim RoepckeLast Modified
6/19/2007; 3:06 PM by Jim RoepckeIn Response To
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I tried to send email today, but it wasn't working. Turns out Shaw started blocking port 25 (SMTP). Considering I have a business internet account with them, I was pretty upset, especially since I wasn't notified in advance. They said they sent an email months ago.
I asked them to give me details of the message (when, what was the subject, what was the from address?) so I could try to find it but the person didn't know that information. I would have expected a letter to be sent to my address for a change in service.
The only way around the block was to pay $20 a month for two static IP addresses.
So I asked my ISP if there was a workaround. Use port 2525, they said. Yup, that works.
As for .Mac, use port 587, that works.
What a stupid policy.
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| Re: Why don't you just block the whole Internet? ( 6/19/2007 by Brian Carnell ) | |
| Yeah, my cable company blocks port 25 too. Once a lot of companies do this, |
