[Tfug] Cox and Port 25

[keith smith]

To get around the port 25 blocking issue some providers have gone to an alternate port like what you found.  

The official Cox solution is to use their SMTP server.  That is what I have done for years.

SMTP Server: smtp.west.cox.net

I seem to recall you need to have an email account to use for authentication.

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Keith Smith



--- On Mon, 9/8/08, Jim Secan <jim at nwra.com> wrote:
From: Jim Secan <jim at nwra.com>
Subject: [Tfug] Cox and Port 25
To: tfug at tfug.org
Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 2:29 PM

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.

Has anyone had any luck getting Cox to open port 25 for them?  My
experiences with what passes for tech support at Cox these days makes me
leery of asking unless I know they might do it.  I know that the official
reason is that it helps them control spam originating on their network, but
there's gotta be several better ways to do this that don't penalize
honest
customers.

TIA
Jim
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