I can use any port except for 25 right now. Going from the coldfusion 7 server to the smartermail server (different boxes but within my local network) is no problem, so making a change in cf administrator won't help. The problem is a router between me and the rest of the internet that verizon controls and is blocking port 25 with. In smartermail, I don't see where the outgoing smtp port can be changed? And if I did, how would it connect to all of the different domains on the internet? What port number could I use?
I think the answer might lie in using a gateway server. I send about 10,000 emails a day from the 8 websites I run.. and all now go through my smartermail server. All of the messages conform to the spam rules..all are medical related that people have asked for. So I am looking for a gateway server. I found a few but they are really expensive - anyone know a relatively cheap one? >Hi Al, > >Do you route all of your out-going mail to one server? Because that's a >horrible way to do it if you are sending out a lot of mail, exactly because >of the experience you have now. > >Have they told you what port you can use? If so, you can change the port on >Coldfusion in CF Admin: Server Settings > Mail. You can also change the >port on the cfmail tag, <cfmail port ="". > >You can also change the out-going port on Smartermail if you look at the >Default Domain Settings. > >If you need any help, give me a shout off-list. > >Jenny > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Al Musella, DPM [mailto:[email protected]] > >>Sent: 10 May 2011 01:37 > >>To: cf-talk > >>Subject: ISP blocking port 25 > >> > >> > >> > >>Big problem.. > >> I use verizon fios for my Internet connection. It is a business > >>class - static IPs and specifically allows web and email servers. > >> Was working really nice.. then today around 1pm, I couldn't send > >>email. My mail server (smartermail) log said couldn't connect to > >>server.. mostly AOL servers.. so at first I thought aol was blocking > >>me.. then I figured out that I couldn't telnet to any server on port > >>25 outside of my network. > >> > >>I called tech support and had to escalate way up before someone > >>understood. They kept telling me to change the port to something > >>else. But that can't work.. > >>Finally I found someone who understood the problem. He first said > >>that I can not use port 25.. I have to figure out a way around it. > >> After a lot of arguing, he understood and said he will check into > >>it.. 6 hours later, I just hear back.. other people are reporting the > >>same problem. Looks like they misconfigured a router but the people > >>who know how to fix it won't be in until tomorrow morning. > >> > >>So - anyone have any ideas on what I can do from now until it is fixed? > >>I changed the retries on my mail server to 6,12,18,24 hours so > >>hopefully the mail in the queue will go out when it is fixed and I > >>won't lose anything... but of course this is for a brain cancer > >>charity and we are in the middle of the national walk to end brain > >>tumors for brain tumor awareness month and were getting a lot of > >>action on the server. > >> > >> > >>2 times before they messed up and changed my static IPs without > >>telling me. Each time took about 24 hours to fix. You would think > >>they would tell you before changing IPs or blocking a port. I need > >>to find a better ISP... anyone know of a good one? > >> > >>Al > >> > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344382 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
