Places like www.dyndns.com will redirect / hop your email and act as a  
relay so you can use a different port if you want. they don't cost  
much iirc.
I'm on business class so it has been a while.

Chris Smith

On Feb 9, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Bob De Mars wrote:

> They blocked my port 25 a couple weeks ago as well.  I do have a low
> volume mail server running at home, but still.....wtf.....
>
> I also called to complain, and they advised that I am a spammer.  They
> mentioned that is the traffic on 25 drops to a level they consider
> acceptable then 25 would open up in 48 - 72 hours.  I shutdown my mail
> server temporarily, but it is not more than 2 weeks latter, and it is
> still blocked.
>
> I am going to miss my mail server :(
>
>
>
> Bob De Mars
> T: 651 925 1510       bob at grunners.com
> Cell: 612 850 6940   www.grunners.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org
> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Marc Skinner
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:54 AM
> To: TCLUG List
> Subject: [tclug-list] comcast strikes another
>
> well, they just did it to me!  they are now blocking port 25!  i  
> called
> and complained and they say - that they saw 5,000 emails or more come
> from my cable modem on a single day.  so they are preventing that port
> now - and will not fix it.
>
> i know my system isn't sending that - i have no windows boxes, and the
> majority of my traffic is sent via a VPN.  i did however download  
> about
> 500gb of corp data to my fileserver ( i work for red hat - need to
> synchronize all the software, etc) - and i'm sure that is what they
> flagged me - a large amount of data over a short amount of time.  i  
> had
> been happy with comcast but this is not cool.
>
> it also seems that they have reduced my upload speed from 4mb to 1.5mb
> ... but i'll have to do some more testing to verify.
>
> might be time to increase my DSL circuit.  i have always had a slow
> 1.5mb DSL line as a backup, since my wife and i both work from home,  
> and
> both our jobs rely on internet connectivity, i felt it worth the extra
> $20 a month for a slow backup line.  it actually comes in handy about
> 3-4 times a year, as my comcast line will go down for 1-3 days a  
> couple
> of times during the year ... usually due to the local neighbourhood
> comcast visit that screws up something for the entire neighbourhood
> until i call and complain - like this weekend!
>
> might also have to look at the business comacast offering - faster and
> supposedly no limits or restrictions.  anybody have that?  i live in
> burnsville so any feed back regarding the comcast business offering
> would be useful.
>
> thanks!
>
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