[Tfug] Cox and Port 25

[Jim Secan]

Thanks for the various comments.  As long as port 587 stays usable, I'm OK.
 I'm not trying to run servers (I do that at work, where I do have a
business, as in $ka-Ching$, account with another ISP), I just want to push
mail out from my client through Gmail and not through Cox.

Jim

At 09:19 AM 09/10/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>If you want 25 and 80 open get a business account. You also get a static IP
>for 1/4 the speed!
>
>Matt
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of Jim
>Secan
>Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 2:29 PM
>To: tfug at tfug.org
>Subject: [Tfug] Cox and Port 25
>
>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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