Re: [PLUG] Problems w/SMTP on Verizon DSL, none on Comcast Cable?

[Jason Costomiris <jcostom@jasons.org>]

On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 07:54  PM, Bill Jonas wrote:

> I vaguely recall hearing that Verizon blocks outbound SMTP SYN packets
> that are headed outside of their network.  And as you mentioned, you 
> can
> only use a Verizon email address when using their mail servers.  The 
> net
> effect is that you can only use your Verizon email address when sending
> mail (in a "normal"[1] fashion) from a machine on their network.
> (Insert comments about vendor lock-in here.)
>
> [1] Of course, you can always ssh to another host and send mail from
> there, or use ssh port forwarding, but I'm talking about what upwards 
> of
> 98% of their customers know how to do.

Sure, and the old SSH port fwd trick worked fine, but that's a hassle 
(albeit a rather minor one), but nonetheless...

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