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 b 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! > > _______________________________________________ > 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