You bring up a bit of a sour point. Can you tell me where it is written that any Canadian in this country has to pay extra for the "right" to host a server?
I can maybe see the City of Calgary demanding a Business License but they don't. WHo elected Shaw? On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 03:00:39PM -0600, Shawn wrote: > I'm only skimming the thread, so may not have seen the important parts, > but... > > If he is on a Shaw residential service, then he is NOT paying for the > right to host servers. Which the scripts in question kinda are. An > argument could be made that he is paying for the right of using standard > IP protocols and ports though. But Shaw has the right to fight spam by > not allowing non-business accounts from sending bulk emails. > > Working around this is trivial - just configure the mail client to send > on another port, or through a mail relay. > > What I haven't seen is any discussion of the configuration of the > current/previous system which would give us a hint what configurations > need to be changed or how. The initial question seems to be asking for > a way to port forward all outgoing packets on port 25 to some other > address or port. This is what firewalls/routers are for. I think that > approach is error prone though - what happens when you *really* want to > connect to a server on port 25? > > My thoughts. > > Shawn > > On 11-03-27 02:33 PM, t...@terralogic.net wrote: > > > > A better idea is for him to tell Shaw to take a hike. This is real dirty > > on Shaw's part. He paid for the service. > > > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:00:55PM -0600, Royce Souther wrote: > >> I have a client that runs his business from home, he runs a number > >> crunching > >> program that takes a few days to produce results. I wrote a bunch of > >> wrapper > >> scrits to automatically send him email notifications as it competes jobs > >> but > >> Shaw has now turned off his direct port 25 access. Now all the scripts have > >> to be changed so that the mail command will use the alternet SMTP server > >> for > >> Shaw. > >> > >> Is there any way to change some configuration file in /etc that will make > >> the mail command always use the Shaw SMTP so that I do not have to change > >> dozens of scripts? > >> I am looking for a global solution. > >> > >> -- > >> Easy, fast GUI development. > >> http://PerlQt.wikidot.com > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> clug-talk@clug.ca > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
