SMTP won't connect
Hi
I have Comcast at my regular home, but at my summer house I use a dialup
At home I never had a problem connecting to the comcast SMTP server using port 25
Now I'm getting errors that it's rejecting it, using the same settings
I was able to connect from other dialups in the past, but never before has it given me this port 25 rejected error
Are there any other ports that accept smtp mail?
Thanks
Mark Hensler posted this at 03:30 — 12th June 2003.
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Are you trying to run a mail server on your own box at home?
This is something I would like to do, but my ISP blocks ports 80 and 25. I have a friend who paid for a port redirect service. Basicaly, you direct your MX records to a 3rd party's IP, who then redirects your mail traffic to your IP on a port of your choosing. Something I don't really feel I should need to pay for. I just want my ISP to stop blocking my ports.
Mark Hensler
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mairving posted this at 12:15 — 12th June 2003.
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Most do reject any access to port 25 coming from another ISP.
nike_guy_man posted this at 17:15 — 12th June 2003.
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I figured it out... Comcast recently blocked all incoming connections to port 25 that aren't coming from their network... IE if you are on AOL, Earthlink, Netzero whatever, you can't connect to smtp.comcast.net to send your email, but you can receive it still.
Seems strange to me
Now, does anyone have a cure for rain? 3 "sunny" days of the past 36 days... oy
Mark Hensler posted this at 17:22 — 12th June 2003.
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Come out here... we get maybe 3 rainy days per year.
ORBITnet posted this at 08:10 — 27th June 2003.
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well, u can use ur Dialup ISP's SMTP server (that mean the currunt ISP your using at the time) as your outgoing mail server, you really dont need to use your server, you can change the SMTP server when your using defarant ISP's
orbitnet.org
coz we give what you need.. 
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