At 12:02 PM -0800 12/3/01, Dan Martich imposed structure on a stream of electrons, yielding: >Anyone know if and how can I use another port rather than 25 on SIMS. > >My ISP has blocked 25 and I need to have my dns fowarding service (tzo.com) >forward my emails to another port so SIMS can pick them up. Anyone know how >to go about doing this?
DNS cannot do port forwarding. If you want to receive e-mail you have to be listening on port 25 because nothing that DNS can do will make anyone attempt to connect to any other port to send you mail. On the other hand, it is only a really stupid ISP or a very smart one trying to enforce its terms of service that would block inbound port 25. If the former is the case, you may find it helpful to discuss the error of their ways with your ISP or to seek one less idiotic. If the latter is the case, I would suggest that you think again about the ethics of what you are trying to do; signing a contract for service generally means pledging your word to adhere to the terms of service. If you are trying to get mail out past an outbound port 25 blockage (a common ISP spam-control measure to prevent internal spammers from using external open relays,) you might find it easiest to just have SIMS route all mail via your ISP's mail server. -- Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
