Re: [PLUG] large email volume for comcast user

[Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info>]

On 2012-04-19 6:39, Gary Duzan wrote:
> In Message <a039799386ef581fe6e229ec9ab2edb3@njm.linuxwall.info>,
>    Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info>wrote:
>
> =>Is comcast really going to count the number of SMTP connections he opens 
> to
>
> =>other SMTP servers every months ? That seems silly.
>
>    Why count them when you can simply block them? When I had Comcast
> they disallowed any outgoing SMTP, except to their mail server,
> where it is easy to count them. Now I have FIOS, but I still route
> email from my home network over a VPN tunnel to a Xen VPS I run.
>
> 					Gary Duzan

Doesn't look blocked:

$ nc alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25

220 mx.google.com ESMTP s1si19795832wia.9
ehlo julien.comcast.residential.com
250-mx.google.com at your service, [68.X.Y.Z]
250-SIZE 35882577
250-8BITMIME
250-STARTTLS
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
...

But I agree that routing through a dedicated static IP is better. That's 
what I do as well. Just don't pick a VPS on amazon because the entire amazon 
IP range has been flagged by spamhaus and others.

- Julien
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