I just kept all my mail on gmail after I signed onto to VZ. On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the problem was Verizon. I Googled "smtp verizon" filtered for the > last 24 hours and got 376 hits. 13,100 hits in the last week. Lots of mad > people. > > Apparently Verizon is so panicked about handling spam that they are > dropping > standard email support. The posts linked to > http://support.vzw.com/information/smtp_shutdown.html which said "After a > careful analysis of email messaging, Verizon Wireless has decided to no > longer keep and maintain the SMTP Mail Relay Service." To which I respond > "Doesn't Verizon understand how the Internet works?" It is outrageous to > just blow off such a critical service. Not sending proper notification to > its customers was real rich too. But that's not my current problem. I was > not using their SMTP relay. > > However, this does suggest serious mismanagement. So I tested for that > with... > telnet smtp.1and1.com 25 > and watched it fail to connect. Without notice Verizon decided to block > port > 25 too. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
