[NTLUG:Discuss] ISPs are blocking outbound port 25!!

[Steve]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:

> Issue:
> After the microSOFT LoveBug virus came out many ISPs such as bigplanet and
> mindspring started blocking outbound access to port 25.  These ISPs force
> you to use THEIR mail servers using the email address provided by THEM.
> Presumably they do this to be able to filter and scrub outbound email.
> This is great in concept, but it is killing needed functionality.   


Some ISPs are more anal than others. However, I think that spam was the original 
reason (and probably still the main reason) why ISPs started cracking down on 
their users putting mail servers on their network (hey, look at the 3000 global 
complaints in the abuse inbox!)or accessing SMTP servers not on their network 
(hey, look at the 3000 ISP complaints in the abuse inbox!).

Steve