On Wednesday 22 March 2006 17:10, Gustin Johnson wrote: > Checking email generally implies a response or two, which does use SMTP.
and you can use your ISP's smtp servers for that. or until botnets start using ports 587 (submission; just another port to do smtp on) and 465 (smtps), i'd suggest using those if you have/need your own smtp server. of course i'm assuming here that you're not running an smtp server at home on your non-business connection ;) anyways, rejecting out-bound port 25 traffic not coming from their own mail servers is a drastic measure, i agree, but given the complete insanity out there right now thanks to the million-and-one holes in Microsoft Windows installations that have been converted into large scale bot-nets, it's defensible IMO. annoying, but understandable. -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 Full time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech (http://www.trolltech.com)
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