[Tfug] Cox and Port 25

[Andrew Ayre]

There is no guarantee of what Cox might do in the future, so it's just 
idle speculation.

My suggestion would be to enjoy it and hope they don't change that policy.

You could always sign up for a subscription VPN service that will allow 
you to tunnel everything past Cox's limitations...will slow down your 
connection though...

Andy

Jim Secan wrote:
> At 10:08 AM 09/10/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>> Ah, now that's different.  The gmail SMTP server requires you to use
>> port 587 (and check the SSL box in Apple Mail) because it's an
>> auth-required SMTP server.  That's not a Cox problem.
> 
> Back to start:  When I switched to Cox, I had been using Gmail and port 25
> with no problems.  After switching, I could receive email from my Gmail
> account but not send it.  I used telnet to see if port 25 was open, which
> is was not.  I then tried port 587, and started using that for sending
> email via Gmail when I found that it was open.  The original problem is due
> to Cox shutting off port 25.  My concern is that these bozos will decide
> that port 587 is also a spam issue and close it down, forcing all Cox users
> to use their mail servers.  This is not a Gmail problem (except from Cox's
> point of view).
> 
> Jim


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Andy
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