On Feb 10, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Mwirima Byaruhanga wrote:
Actually I do not see the problem here. Only someone with the
capability to configure their smtp server to listen on another
port can be able to take advantage of this kind of setting. In
which case, any spam they may send will go out with the source
as their smtp server
that 'source' being an IP address from the Orange allocation,
which comes to the same thing - the orange allocation getting
blacklisted.
Unless I misread Kyle's original post, he has smtp servers at his
office or home most likely connected to some kind of permanent
connection not GPRS on another network. Afterall having an smtp server
on a dynamic ip is strange if it is meant to receive incoming mail as
well. He was trying to connect to them and use them as his smtp
servers from his orange GPRS connection. However ORANGE blocks
outgoing smtp connections from their network unless you're connecting
to their own servers that they have configured for this purpose.
Kyle's workaround was to configure his servers to listen on a high
port and thus he was able to use his servers as his outgoing smtp
server rather than the orange servers.
Unless I misunderstood his setup, This should not be cause for alarm
for the ORANGE team as the only ip address that would be blocked would
be that of Kyle's smtp server which is most likely not even on their
range in any case.
Noah.
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