Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix receives OK, but won't send to internet

[Mark Shields <laebshade@gmail.com>]

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A tad off-topic, but John, why don't you setup a mailing list and have the
PTA members join?

On 9/23/05, John Jolet <john@jolet.net> wrote:
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>
> On Sep 23, 2005, at 3:31 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
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> > On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:38:07 -0400, Sean Lester wrote:
> >
> >
> >> That's it. I didn't think the ISP would block outgoing port 25.
> >>
> >
> > Unfortunately, quite a lot seem to do it. it's a lazy and lame
> > "solution"
> > to spam trojans. Other ISPs forward all port 25 connections to
> > their own
> > SMTP server, so your mail may not be delivered directly, but it is
> > delivered.
> >
> > Even if port 25 isn't blocked or redirected, it is often worth
> > using your
> > ISP's relay even if you have a broadband connection. Some ISP's block
> > incoming mail from IP ranges allocated to broadband users as an
> > anti-spam
> > measure.
> >
> one unfortunately corollary to this is my isp doesn't block outgoing
> port 25, but DOES limit the number of emails you send via their
> relay. I send a newsletter for my kids' school's pta and I could not
> do that if I couldn't send at least a chunk of them directly.
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- Mark Shields

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