On Friday 27 Jun 2014 21:54:32 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:22:09 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > I would think that your ISP providers in the US will be blocking > > outgoing port 25 to stop compromised MSWindows machines spamming the > > rest of us. If you use my suggestion there shouldn't be a problem. > > It makes no difference whether you address it directly to your ISP > address or via an alias. The ISP won't block port 25 connections to its > own servers from its own customers, otherwise none of them could send > email at all! In the US many big players are blocking outbound port 25 for their customers as a blanket measure to control spam from botnets, e.g.: http://www.verizon.com/Support/Residential/internet/highspeed/general+support/top+questions/questionsone/124274.htm If Dale uses the ssmtp.conf I sent he will be using a different port + TLS encryption and should not have a problem. Even if Dale's ISP does not block port 25 for connections to the ISP's *own* mail servers, it may well block it to other providers' mail addresses for the same reason. This was a common practice some years back (pre-Gmail) when ISP had started charging for mail services. -- Regards, Mick
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