Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On 7/6/05, Scott Llewellyn <mirv@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I plan on calling them. Unfortantly there is no one there at 4 am!  I was
> just curious it port 25 being closed would be the reason I couldn't recieve
> email in the first place.
> 
> Scott

Scott,
   I didn't have a chance to read this thread but I'd be careful about
calling them if you are on any form of a home-oriented service
network. Most of the home ones, mine being Comcast for instance, have
specific clauses about two things:

1) You are not allowed to register their IP address with any domain service.
2) You are not allowed to run any 'servers' that are accessible from
the general Internet.

To run a mail server I believe that it would be typical to break both
of those clauses. I know one individual who claims he had his account
shut down for apparently even asking questions related to this topic.
I don't have any way to know if that's really true but he still grips
about it over beer. (Of course we gripe about many things. Yada yada
yada...) ;-)

   If none of this applies to your specific ISP then I apologize for
using bandwidth.

With best regards,
Mark

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