I use SSL only and even then, it requires authentication.

--Curtis



On 9/3/2010 1:00 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
I have had it happen in some metro areas on sprint. I have experienced it in at 
least a dozen hotels over the last 12 months. I have run into it in various 
airports with free public wifi. I have run into the problem in several coffee 
shops.

By far, the worst offenders are the most expensive hotels where the Internet 
access, damaged as it is generally goes for $25+ per day. I almost always end 
up getting free Internet as a result because I report the issue as a problem 
and their technical support usually can't spell tcp let alone understand what I 
mean when I say a port is blocked.

Even worse is the ones that silently redirect your smtp (regardless of port) session to 
their MTA. Fortunately, my configuration is good enough that it just breaks in these 
cases, but I know many people who thought they were connecting to their own server via 
TLS only to later discover that their mail was relayed in clear text through several 
third party servers. (most mua's seem to have an unfortunate default to "ssl or tis 
if available" and keep right on sending even if tis negotiations are rejected.)

Owen


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