[ale] Internet access under Linux

[Christopher Fowler]

Last week I ran into the port 25 issue on BS.

I sent an email to the list yesterday about a program that verified
email addresses.  When I ran this program on the customer's network it
was not connecting to any MX.  After a phone call to BS they verified
that they were blocking port 25.  They agreed my Monday to change that
for my customer.  It was changed on Monday and the program ran fine.  It
was able to connect to the MX's.

On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 10:25 -0400, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> Mark Wright wrote:
> > I have heard the port 25 blocking complaint on this list before so  
> > when BS called to sell me DSL I asked the sales guy if they blocked  
> > any ports, specifically 25.  Of course he didn't know but he  
> > conferenced a tech into the call.  She said they do not currently  
> > block port 25 and they would block or open ports at the customers  
> > request.
> > 
> > They were offering 6 MB and a static IP for $47.  That is $20 less  
> > than I pay speedfactory and 3 MB faster.  If he had been able to give  
> > me a UID that had anything to do with my real name I might have  
> > signed up.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Aug 31, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > 
> >> On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 09:00 -0400, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> >>> I guess the question is, why the hate for bellsouth.
> >>> Well besides the jacking of other dsl providers.
> >> #1.  Tech support not here or sucks
> >> #2.  Tech support only supports Windoze
> >> #3.  They block port 25 now.  What is next?
> >> #4.  ???
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> I can agree here, I've never come upon a close port. 25 or otherwise.
> Not in support of bellsouth, just stating my experience.  I've had beef 
> with them for a lot of other things including business practices, but 
> the DSL service has been rock solid.
> 
> Calvin...
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