On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 07:46:17AM -0500,
Brian R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My isp blocks port 25, I was looking for suggestions to get around this. The
> only thing I can come up with is: setting up a relay from an outside box to
> another port on my machine. Is this plausible?
I am assuming you mean they are blocking connections to port 25 on your
machine, but not other ports.
You will need to find a host that will act as a relay for you. You need to
get an MX record created that points your domain name to their domain
name. If your ISP is also handling your DNS, this may not work.
You need to have the relay server configured to accept mail for your
domain. It needs to be configured to relay this email to your host on
an alternate port.
You might want to double check that it isn't actually connections to port
25 on remote hosts that is being blocked. Some ISPs are doing this to prevent
spammers from causing them grief. If so, you might be able to get your ISP
to lift the block. If not, you can use an outbound relay similar to the one
above that listens on an alternate port.
