[Talk] DSL and cable providers

[Terry Richards]

Danny Rathjens wrote:

> bellsouth blocked outgoing port 25 for a long time, but using their
> server as a smarthost wasn't a problem for running your private server.
> But earlier this year they started blocking incoming port 25 as well,
> so I can no longer run the mail server for my family domain at home on
> my dsl.
> Apparently you have to pay an extra ~$100-ish per month to upgrade
> the home connection to a "business" connection for them to stop
> blocking your mail server.


hows come i can send an email from mm.trichards.homeunix.net to 
sn00per1@bellsouth.net?
 it appears to go from my pc to bellsouth and back to my laptop all thru 
port 25  <i only have home dsl>

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