What ISP are you on?

----- Original message -----
> I had to change my smtp server to the ISP's server yesterday morning (so
> as to continue working) because I was experiencing a problem I had never
> seen.
> I don't want to attribute it to this reason but even the ISP could not
> give an explanation to what was going on.
> -- 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle Spencer <[email protected]>
> Reply-to: Kyle Spencer <[email protected]>, Uganda Linux User Group
> <[email protected]>
> To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]>, Okalany Daniel
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [LUG] Upstream SMTP on BSC
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:10:07 +0300
> 
> 
> Why is SMTP traffic the only thing being affected?   And since when do
> transit providers block ports?
> 
> Something smells fishy here.   Any non-Datanet customers experiencing
> similar issues?
> 
> 
> ----- Original message -----
> > I've been in touch with datanet, because we have a mail server on their
> > network. They say its maintainance. And indeed we have a lot of mail
> > that's just being held in the queue.
> > 
> > Daniel.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > Behalf Of Reinier Battenberg
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:28 PM
> > To: Uganda Linux User Group
> > Subject: [LUG] Upstream SMTP on BSC
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > It seems one of the upstream providers is blocking port 25 for the last
> > 24 hours.
> > 
> > If you use TEAMS over a BSC link (parts of Roke and Datanet do) then
> > you probably will see that the folling statement will time out:
> > 
> > telnet alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25
> > 
> > If you are running an SMTP server, no email has been going out for
> > about 24 hours.
> > 
> > It seems to be some very smart person very far away from Uganda that
> > thought this was a good idea and didnt tell anyone. 
> > 
> > You can read this email, because our SMTP server(s) and the LUG SMTP
> > server are both hosted in Uganda, so under normal circumstances, we are
> > all not affected by these connectivity challenges.
> > 
> > --
> > rgds,
> > 
> > Reinier Battenberg
> > Director
> > Mountbatten Ltd.
> > +256 758 801 749
> > www.mountbatten.net
> > http://twitter.com/batje
> > http://twitter.com/mapuganda
> > 
> > 
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