A tad off-topic, but John, why don't you setup a mailing list and have the PTA members join?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/23/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Jolet</b> <<a href="mailto:john@jolet.net"> john@jolet.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>On Sep 23, 2005, at 3:31 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:<br> <br>> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:38:07 -0400, Sean Lester wrote:<br>><br>><br>>> That's it. I didn't think the ISP would block outgoing port 25.<br>>><br>><br>> Unfortunately, quite a lot seem to do it. it's a lazy and lame <br>> "solution"<br>> to spam trojans. Other ISPs forward all port 25 connections to<br>> their own<br>> SMTP server, so your mail may not be delivered directly, but it is<br>> delivered.<br>><br> > Even if port 25 isn't blocked or redirected, it is often worth<br>> using your<br>> ISP's relay even if you have a broadband connection. Some ISP's block<br>> incoming mail from IP ranges allocated to broadband users as an <br>> anti-spam<br>> measure.<br>><br>one unfortunately corollary to this is my isp doesn't block outgoing<br>port 25, but DOES limit the number of emails you send via their<br>relay. I send a newsletter for my kids' school's pta and I could not <br>do that if I couldn't send at least a chunk of them directly.<br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org">gentoo-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>- Mark Shields