[ale] If you're on Bellsouth DSL, I recommend changing providers.

[J. Cary Howell]

Hey all:

According to Bellsouth (response via email attached below) port 25 (they
call it filtering, I call it blocking) will NOT ever be lifted.  It
seems if you want to use anything but Bellsloth's mail server, you're
going to have to change providers.

Here are two providers you may want to consider as alternates. Both have
reported to me that they will not port-block (with the exception of 139-
NETBIOS).

http://www.speedfactory.net/
http://www.speakeasy.net/     

Anyhow, I hope all of you on Bellsloth DSL change providers.  Whether or
not you handle your own mail, the point is that no provider should block
us from using whatever servers or services we have on the net.

Have a great day.
Cary

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 07:50, ADSL Agent 54919 wrote:

> Thank you for contacting BellSouth? FastAccess? Internet Services.
> We apologize for the technical problems you have experienced.
> 
> The trouble you are experiencing is due to port 25 filtering.  
> Port 25 filtering is an effective means of reducing the amount 
> of spam that passes through the BellSouth Internet Services 
> (BIS) e-mail system. The implementation of Port 25 filtering 
> will restrict customers that connect to the Internet via 
> BellSouth access services from using mail servers outside of
> the BellSouth network to relay their mail. This means you are 
> blocked from executing an SMTP send on another outgoing email 
> server other than through the BellSouth SMTP server 
> [ mail.bellsouth.net ]. Bellsouth currently has no plans in 
> removing port 25 blocking for residential customers.

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