Closing port 25

[David A. Bandel]

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On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 23:19:51 +1000
James McDonald <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:

> Our ISP (Telstra bigpond) is closing port 25. I am on a dynamically 
> assigned ADSL range which will have port 25 shut down. So I will need
> to move my home mail server to an unaffected IP range
> 
> http://bigpond.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/bigpond.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5562
> 
> If any list members  ISP has done this has it caused any unforseen
> issues?

Several ISPs now do this, particularly for dynamically assigned IP
ranges (home users).  Thank Windoze spambots.  However, usually you can
use another port (like 587) to connect to your mail server.  Check to
see.  If not, other ports can be defined in sendmail.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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