hi, > Filtering outgoing port 25 makes it so that these "visitors" to the > net can't just connect and spew out thousands of spam messages, > like they often do with these free services. They can send e-mail > via the provider's mail servers, where presumably there will > be some kind of restriction on the amount of e-mail that can > be sent per unit of time.
I don't know whether Freesurf implements rate-limiting (which is an entirely different issue), but the only way of using Freesurf's SMTP is to use Freesurf as your ISP (as far as I'm aware). > I hope that helps... I'm afraid I still don't understand. What does "Blocking port 25" refer to? a) Disable the service entirely b) Implement some sort of rate-limiting c) Use a port different to 25 Sorry to nit-pick, but I'm sort of fed up with people claiming that "blocking port 25" will solve all your problems. No more abuse! - Obviously, because no one can send mails anymore. No more Spam! - Obviously, because you can't rece- ive any mails anymore (not even legit mails). Woohoo (?). -daniel ---------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/
