<div dir="ltr">Yeah, that outbound block has been in place for many years... keeps all the infected computers from being able to send spam.<div><br></div><div>Stuart</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 11:05 AM, <a href="mailto:bob%2Bkwlug@softscape.ca">bob+kwlug@softscape.ca</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob+kwlug@softscape.ca" target="_blank">bob+kwlug@softscape.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The real Bob wrote:<br>
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> To be fair, I think it's actually Rogers that blocks outbound port 25<br>
> for Teksavvy's cable offering. Either through technical means, or<br>
> through legal (contractual) means. It's also the reason Teksavvy<br>
> doesn't offer static IPs on straight non-MLPPP cable connections.<br>
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> The outbound port 25 block is still in place, as far as I can tell.<br>
> Inbound port 25 works fine. So if you're OK with asymmetrical mail<br>
> delivery you *can* run a mail server with Teksavvy.<br>
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Oh! Cool. I didn't even think of the fact it might be a Cable only restriction. Thanks for pointing that out.<br>
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I wasn't being critical of that policy. T'was just FYI.<br>
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Frankly, I think it generally has more benefit than harm for the bulk of users on cable. But you can make arguments in many dimensions about it.<br>
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(The other),<br>
Bob.<br>
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