[Tfug] why not cable?

[Claude Rubinson]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:41:53PM -0700, Peter Collins wrote:
> The biggest impact of Cox port blocking so far has been having to
> use their SMTP server - always seems I have to change my laptop
> every time I send email.  But I'm irked by the concept.

But it's trivial to circumvent the port blocking by sending your mail
out on another port forwarded to an external smtp server (assuming, of
course that you have one available).  Particularly if you travel on a
variety networks, it makes life so much simpler.