<OT> what is a port?

Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 17 12:39:45 PDT 2008


vu pham wrote:
> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> vu pham wrote:
>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Personally I think it is the mail server owners are the people who 
>>> are responsible for blocking spam mails, not the ISP. The ISP may own 
>>> mail servers, but they should just limit the spam mails by setting up 
>>> filters, rules on their mail servers, not on the network.
>>
>> Ah, yes, that would be convenient but I think my chances of getting 
>> Comcast to do that are zero.  So it sounds like you are saying that 
>> Comcast can limit traffic that includes access to port 25 
>> *independent* of actually accessing the Comcast smtp server?
>>
> 
> I believe the ISPs, if they want, can block any packets no matter where 
> those packets go to, as long as those packets pass thru their routers.
> 
> Hey, you go thru *my* house, you have to take my rules :)

That's true, except that I *am* paying the bill and I don't have any 
choice in the matter (since there is only one cable provider up here).  ;-)
Thanks for the explanation.


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Tony Alfrey
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