If you have business-class service, you're allowed to host servers now. It's a bit more expensive, but you can even get /29, /28, or /27 bit subnets, too. Eric On Jul 13, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Jon Schewe wrote: > I tried to convince them to open port 25 and ended up just waiting it > out, about 6 months or so and it got opened up. The problem is that > the > Terms of Use disallow servers. > > PJ Crump wrote: >> What do you think I should tell them is the reason why I need the >> port >> opened up? >> >> >> >> >> David Alanis wrote: >>> If this is the case you have to speak to their "security" >>> department. I am not 100% sure customer service can initiate this >>> for your, lets see.. >>> >>> http://security.comcast.net/get-help/contact-comcast-security.aspx >>> >>> Give this a try.. Or if anyone knows different? >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> Quoting PJ Crump <pjcrump at bitstream.net>: >>> >>>> Any suggestions as to how to get them to re-enable it? >>>> >>>> >>>> Jon Schewe wrote: >>>>> My secure site on a Comcast cable modem is still working from >>>>> outside >>>>> the Comcast network. I've had them block port 25 (both in and >>>>> out) a >>>>> number of times thinking they are protecting me from spam, so it's >>>>> possible they decided you have spam on port 443 :) >>>>> >>>>> PJ Crump wrote: >>>>>> For the last 7 years I have been hosting a website from my >>>>>> house on >>>>>> port 443 (very low low usage - 20 hits a day) and today it's not >>>>>> working for anyone coming in from the internet. I checked all >>>>>> the >>>>>> usual things and nothing is out of line.. Then I started >>>>>> thinking >>>>>> that maybe Comcast is blocking it.. Thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks - PJ >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.comVersion: 8.0.138 / Virus >>> Database: >>> 270.4.10/1549 - Release Date: 7/12/2008 4:31 PM >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe > If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital > signature. > See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. > > For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels > nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any > powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all > creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that > is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list --- Eric Crist