[TowerTalk] Attn all comcast subscribers

[W4ZW]

I changed my SMTP port to 465 per the Comcast website instructions for
sending mail other than through the Comcast servers.  Works fine, either o/l
thru Comcast or thru another ISP.

 Jon Hamlet,  W4ZW
 
Casey Key Island, Florida
"A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico"


> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve Meuse
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 12:08 PM
> To: Rick Karlquist
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com; K7LXC at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Attn all comcast subscribers
> 
> Rick Karlquist expunged (richard at karlquist.com):
> > 
> > One more thing:  another dumb thing Comcast does is block 
> the default 
> > port used to send mail via your other ISP.  You need to select an 
> > alternate port.  Make sure your ISP supports this.
> 
> 
> Blocking port 25 outbound is a *very* good thing. This 
> prevents subscribers who have trojan spam bots on their 
> machines from spamming the rest of the world. 
> 
> If you have an alternate mail provider that has any clue of 
> what they are doing, they are using authenticated SMTP, which 
> typically is not run on port 25. 
> 
> -Steve
> N1JFU
> 
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