Re: Comcast's been port 25 blocking since 2004

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dan Ritter [dsr () tao merseine nu]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 4:58 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Comcast's been port 25 blocking since 2004

For IP, of course. No reason to keep me anonymous.

I've run a mail server on what is now Comcast's network for just
about ten years. (I didn't sign up with Comcast. I signed up
with MediaOne. Then AT&T bought them, then Comcast bought it.)
Every so often a robot would send a test message through to make
sure I wasn't an open relay. I thought that was perfectly
reasonable behavior.

Yesterday at 3:17AM, they blocked port 25 inbound. Yes, inbound to my
machine. When I finally got through to someone who could understand my
question (32 minutes of talking to four people), I was told that I was
a spammer, that they would not under any circumstances re-open
the port, and I should use Outlook.

I'm lucky: I live in a part of the US where I have options for
(relatively) high speed internet access. Next Friday the
installers for a Comcast competitor should show up at my house.

-dsr-

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