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

[michael d. ivey]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 04:08:10PM -0400, Mike Murphy wrote:
> incoming 587 is blocked. outgoing 587 is not. It is true that I could 
> run it on another port, but which one? A few quick tries on 5 random 
> incoming ports reveals:

Ah.

My understanding was that they didn't allow any incoming ports (by
policy, if not technical) because the AUP said you couldn't run servers.
I was always frustrated about outgoing 25/587 blocking, but if you want
incoming, you should be on a provider that allows that.

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