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Re: Fun new policy at AOL
From: "John Palmer" <nanog () adns net>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:13:31 -0500
I have RCN cable internet in Chicago and they recently implemented blocking port 25 access outbound. They say that we should just use their mail servers instead. I connect with my laptop from 3 or 4 locations to drop off mail to my servers. I cannot use their mail servers from other locations other than when I am connected to them. I have about 2 dozen e-mail accounts defined in outlook express and would have to change the outbound mail server setting for EACH one ever time I move off the RCN connection to one of the other locations from which I work and then back again when I get back to RCN. More than a few people have this problem. I'm lucky because I run the mail server myself and can configure it to listen on an alternative port as well as 25 (authentication is required to relay, though). Again, any provider that wants to start blocking ports should do so only very carefully and should make exceptions for users who need them AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE USER because there will be competitors that will treat the customer better. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michel Py" <michel () arneill-py sacramento ca us> To: <nanog () merit edu> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:11 Subject: RE: Fun new policy at AOL
Matthew Crocker wrote: Shouldn't customers that purchase IP services from an ISP use the ISPs mail server as a smart host for outbound mail?
Trouble is with some ISPs you get more rejections when using their mail servers than when havong your own, not to mention theirs eating some email from no reason, having limits in attachment size, you can't have a mailing list that way, etc. Michel.
Current thread:
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL, (continued)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Roland Perry (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL up (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL R. Benjamin Kessler (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Jonathan Hunter (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL McBurnett, Jim (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Michel Py (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL David Lesher (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Jay Stewart (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Paul Vixie (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL David Lesher (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Roland Perry (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL John Palmer (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Simon Waters (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Johnny Eriksson (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Susan Zeigler (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Dr. Jeffrey Race (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Stephen J. Wilcox (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Dr. Jeffrey Race (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Michel Py (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Ray Wong (Aug 28)
- RE: Fun new policy at AOL Gary E. Miller (Aug 28)
- Re: Fun new policy at AOL Jack Bates (Aug 29)