[TowerTalk] Attn all comcast subscribers

[Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181]

They do NOT need to block the port.  They just have to do like we do and 
block any email from unknown users.....

Marlon
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
To: "Steve Meuse" <smeuse at mara.org>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <K7LXC at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Attn all comcast subscribers


> Comcast did not block this port until last month.
> Then, without announcing it, they started blocking
> it.  I wasted a couple of hours trying to figure
> out why I couldn't send mail all of a sudden.
>
> Of course my ISP provides an alternate port.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve Meuse [mailto:smeuse at mara.org]
>> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:08 AM
>> To: Rick Karlquist
>> Cc: K7LXC at aol.com; towertalk at contesting.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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