[Tfug] Cox and Port 25

[Andrew Ayre]

I used the Cox SMTP server for a couple of years before switching to the 
corporate server. I found it to be very slow - holding on to emails for 
half an hour or more.

I also find the Cox DNS servers totally unreliable, so I switch to 
OpenDNS. Am I the only one seeing these problems with Cox?

Andy

keith smith wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> ------------------------
> 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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-- 
Andy
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