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

[Christopher Fowler]

I see BellSouth DSL at least one a week on the mailing list.  Maybe
there should be a section on this in the FAQ.  The FAQ gets mailed
automatically to new subscribers.

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 10:19, Matthew Brown wrote:
> Give it time.  If they keep rolling this out, you'll lose this, too.
> 
> Allan Neal wrote:
> 
> >I'm on Bellsouth DSL as well.  Just regular home service on the fastaccess DSL
> >(not "Lite").  Here is the results today of a telnet to one of my free email
> >accounts smtp server:
> >
> >telnet smtp.gawab.com 25
> >Trying 204.97.230.39...
> >Connected to smtp.gawab.com.
> >Escape character is '^]'.
> >220 gawab.com ESMTP
> >ehlo
> >250-gawab.com
> >250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
> >250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
> >250-PIPELINING
> >250-8BITMIME
> >250 SIZE 0
> >quit
> >221 gawab.com
> >Connection closed by foreign host.
> >
> >Working for me.
> >
> >Allan
> >
> >On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:50:38AM -0400, J. Cary Howell wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>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.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>-- 
> >>Xilogix - Simply better dedicated servers.
> >>http://www.xilogix.net
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
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