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# some of them block it to stop mail being relayed
a lot of people set mailservers up and don`t lock them down, so any fooooool can use it to spam other people

edit: I had a friend on OpenWorld (home version) and apparently BT stopped his port 25
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 11 Jun 2005, 14:56, archived)
# I pity the foo that does that.
From my understanding SMTP servers on ISPs only accept mail from people on their network (ie cirtain IP range). But the thing is do they require a username and password on top of that. Mine doesnt give a shit. And does it check the reply to domain tag, which I have never seen done before.

edit: fucking BT. Evil scum.
(I helped save b3ta! MrA, Sat 11 Jun 2005, 15:01, archived)
# aye - I`ve started up postfix, opened port 25 and tried mailing myself from outside
also tried an online security scanner - port 25 is being intercepted by the ISP; it`s very common

edit: nadgers! this router has multiple firewall scripts.. I`ll go and edit again :)
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 11 Jun 2005, 15:14, archived)
# nobel jockies!
I love my isp cos it works and doesnt give i shit if i use 50 gigs worth of traffic a month on my webspace.
(I helped save b3ta! MrA, Sat 11 Jun 2005, 15:17, archived)
# nope.. I`ve fiddled and fiddled and port 25 is a no-go
in fact they also automatically filter all SMB / NetBIOS traffic as my firewall drops incoming and blocks outgoing, but online tools say these ports are being rejected (which I don`t do as it`s a dead giveaway)

ah well!
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 11 Jun 2005, 15:34, archived)
# gah!
the gits won`t even let me traceroute to their DNS or gateway

I thought I`d cocked up the router

- they`re really tightening down on stuff!
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 11 Jun 2005, 15:32, archived)