Maybe I'm getting as old/crotchety as Andrew, but ....
Ever tried to contact Rogers for support and get anyone who doesn't
frustrate you even more than the problem at hand???
Just go with a provider that _wants_ to work with you. Whether that be
John with a solution to remotely house your mail, or an ISP that doesn't
treat you like an idiot. Keep in mind that Rogers "features" are
implemented inconsistently across the network based on the local
infrastructure. (eg: Pickering Cable became Shaw became Rogers in
the "swap" a couple of years ago). My immediate neighbour has Rogers and
port 25 is blocked. A friend less than 1 mile away has Rogers and it is
not blocked. If you are supporting multiple systems out there you want
some consistency. Remember Time=Money and quick to respond/fix
(correctly) is your reputation.
dbc.
Jon Thiele wrote:
> Rogers only blocks port 25 on residential accounts. If you have a business
> or Small-Business account, the port is open. I offer this email as
> evidence...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Van Ostrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 28-Apr-06 9:32 AM
> To: TAUG - Tech
> Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Port 25 blocked
>
> On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 08:03 -0400, Mark Rzepa wrote:
>
>> This is an easy solution for sending email, however if you have your own
>> domain name that you want to receive e-mail for, then Sympatico is not a
>> good choice. Rogers is also starting to block port 25, using the same
>> excuse. And they a have"no exception" rule. This is my big problem with
>> Sympatico and Rogers. I don't blame these providers for using such a
>> tactic to curb spam, since spam is such a huge problem to try and control,
>> it's unfortunate that legitimate people who know how to secure and operate
>> an e-mail server are also blocked. The only solution for these people is
>> to go with another DSL provider.
>>
>
> Receiving email has an easy solution too. Many of our customers are
> either Rogers and Bell. We provide domain hosting services for them and
> configure their servers to pop in for email and deliver it to their
> email servers using Fetchmail. We've been doing it for them for years.
> It does cost a little more (they have to pay us) but they like having us
> taking care of their Internet related matters things for them. Often we
> are already taking care of their email server anyway so it's a single
> call if they have a problem.
>
> Reza's solution for sending email is usually the best. If you want to
> use a specific non Rogers, non Sympatico email server as a smart host
> then use SMTPS for sending email (port 465) or use MSA (port 587).
>
>
>> I also like the benefit of having not just a static IP, but an entire /29
>> subnet assigned to me so I can run several services. I have 1 IP for my
>> HTTPS server, and another IP for OpenVPN to listen on port 443 as well
>> (I've been to too many places where only port 80 and 443 are allowed out
>> of their network, so this is the only way I can VPN back to my house to
>> connect my softphone to my PBX, among other things...)
>>
>
> Rogers is now offering static IP address ranges (5 usable IPs I think)
> but it costs $99/month.
>
>
>> Competition in the ADSL market is a very good thing, I only wish there was
>> competition in the Cable ISP market as well, so I could get a redundant
>> ISP that isn't Rogers.
>>
>
>
