IP Port 80

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, May 17, 2006, Michael Hipp wrote:
>> From: "A. Khattri" <ajai at bway.net>
>> On Tue, 16 May 2006, Rick Sivernell wrote:
>> 
>> > They said port 80 & 120 are blocked, maybe they lied and there are
>> > more, I do not know.
>> 
>> I think they also block outbound SMTP...
>
>That's pretty common these days, unfortunately.

You *LIKE* receiving spam from armies of zombified Windows machines on
broadband connections????

Broadband providers have to deal with the realities of a user base that's
typically clueless (and support people who're probably not much better :-).
Their average customer is looking for the lowest price possible, and hasn't
any idea how to run a mail server, a web server, etc. much less the
security implications involved.

If you want better service and support, go with a provider that is prepared
to support you -- and expect to pay more for that service (TANSTAAFL).

Bill
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