[Tfug] Cox and Port 25

[Calvin Dodge]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Jim Secan <jim at nwra.com> wrote:
> Just switched to Cox and found out the hard way that they appear to be
> blocking port 25.  I use gmail and use my own local mail client rather than
> their web mail interface.  After some swearing and googling I found a
> work-around, using port 587 rather than 25.  So far, it works.

They also block inbound port 80 and 443, which makes it a little hard
to develop Google Health apps.

Meanwhile, Comcast here does NOT block those ports OR outbound
requests to port 25.

Calvin Dodge