Do you have any idea what the reasoning/legality for that is?
If my personal mail.com mail transmittals stopped working, I would be pretty
upset at being denied access to a legitimate service! They shouldn't be
able to restrict me to having their mail server process all my e-mail!
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ricardo Cerqueira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 5:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Unable to connect to SMTP
>
>
> Can that person connect to any other SMTP servers from AT&T?
> Many ISPs block all outgoing SMTP connections except those
> coming from
> their own servers.
>
> RC
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 06:21:15PM -0600, Stephen Bosch wrote:
> >
> > I have just added a new user who uses an AT&T dialup account that is
> > typically assigned an address in the 12.72. range. I have
> added this range
> > to my tcprules file.
> >
> > Below is the exact content of tcprules:
> >
> > 209.115.249.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> > 12.72.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> > 192.168.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> > 127.0.0.1:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> > :allow
> >
> > For some reason, however, this person can't connect - not
> even with telnet
> > to port 25 (it tells her that her connection failed). She can telnet
> > normally, however.
> >
> > What else should I be looking for? /etc/hosts.deny and
> /etc/hosts.allow do
> > not contain any addresses, either.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
>
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