Some cable companies and ISP's (such as Cox & Earthlink) block all outgoing SMTP except through their servers. So even with authentication you can still only use their outgoing SMTP. This is infuriating for me because even though I run a great SIMS server I have to send my mail out through COX which limits me to 5MB attachment size. I understand why they do it (to prevent spammers) but it's still frustrating.
I suppose I could set up SIMS to receive smtp traffic on a different port .... Would that require two SIMSes running to continue to support the default port? ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:35:17 -0500 Charles Mangin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >lately, i think i've gotten a little too enthusiastic about blocking >spam (though i've been mainly following the advice of those on this >list with what i thought was some moderation...) > >a couple of my users have gotten their email blocked at my local >blacklist. i had thought that, if a client used smtp auth, which they >were, that would negate any blacklist they might be on. i had blocked >out a bunch of comcast cable ip blocks, since i had been getting more >than my fair share of hits from there. then one of my clients moved to >comcast cable, and suddenly she couldn't send mail any more. is the >problem that the blacklist was too inclusive, or that she wasn't really >doing smtp auth on her end? > >on the other side of things, i've blocked a lot of domains with router >entries ([EMAIL PROTECTED] = error) and a lot of country-code tlds, from which >i get nothing but spam and viruses. again, i had thought someone here, >*sending* mail to one of those domains wouldn't get hit by that, but >i've had to disable some of those entries, as another client of mine >has a lot of international contacts (i should just whitelist them >individually, but i feel like it's an invasion of her privacy to ask >for her addressbook, broken down by tld) > >so, am i being overzealous, or do i have something configured wrong? > > >############################################################# >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]> > ############################################################# 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]>
