Re: [tlug] B Flets blocks port 25?

[Dave Brown <dagbrown@example.com>]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 05:50:57PM +0900, Bruno wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Drew Hamilton <awh@example.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Is that my provider blocks port 25 and I can't send outgiong emails?
> >
> > Most providers in Japan block 25 outbound on residential service
> > nowadays.  Best to use submission port (smtp-auth on port 587).
> 
> 
> Yes. Yahoo BB blocks also port 25. My provider (where my domain runs)
> has two available ports for incoming smtp connections (25 & 26). 26
> one works with no issue.

As does my ISP (So-Net).  They don't block outbound SMTP to their relay
host, though, so I just send my mail via that, instead.

Really, blocking outbound SMTP to everything but the ISP's SMTP host
only makes sense.

--Dave