OT: ?? Comcast blocked my port 25

[James McDonald]

Rick Bowers wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On Wednesday (21 January) I received a message from Comcast saying 
> they have blocked port 25 on my modem (I didn't know you could 
> configure a SPECIFIC modem for that). They pointed me to directions 
> for making things work using port 587. It seems to work for one 
> account, but not the others -- even though I set them all up the same.
>
> I have run a mail server here at the house for more than 5 years. 
> Until now, all has been well. In addition to no longer being able to 
> send mails, all my incoming messages seem to be blocked. I haven't 
> received any new messages since 20 January. If I send from my GMail 
> account, the message eventually gets returned with a "connection timed 
> out" error code.
>
> Do any of you have any words of wisdom? I plan to call Comcast, but 
> would like to understand why blocking port 25 also affected my inbound 
> messages and why only one account works. I'm guessing that a single 
> account ID/password is being used. I use Eudora as my mail client.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Rick
>
If you want to get running again you may want to purchase a mail relay 
service from someone link dyndns.com...

They can receive and send email on many ports to allow you to get around 
the comcast block.

http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/relay.html

Of course moving to an ISP that isn't blocking those ports might help also.