jdmatl
join:2000-04-27
Deerfield Beach, FL | Block 25, then some will make it 21 or 22 Blocking SMTP outbound isn't the answer. The major reason IPS's do this is force the uneducated to use their typically crummy mail servers and addresses.
Yeah, that blocking of port 25 has works soooooo well for earthlink hasn't it. When is the last time I "didn't" get spam that was sent from a earthlink dialup account?
Most users won't switch ISP's cause of their email address. The ISP has them. Anybody want to introduce email address port-ability?  Look how well that is going in the Cellphone world.
Next thing you know is that someone will write a virus that uses port 80. Quick the sky is falling let block outbound port 80?
Wait, I know lets "federalize" the "Net" to fix it. Lets put the federal government in charge! 
After all that worked so well with airport security. What was it last week, a woman got on a plane with a hacksaw blade. Those TSA guys are making me feel safer to fly all the time! |
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ddaPremium
join:2003-12-29
Bolton, MA | reply to jdmatl
Anybody want to introduce email address port-ability? Look how well that is going in the Cellphone world.
I believe many companies, starting with pobox.com implemented "email address portability." I have "vanity domain" just for said portability; that address should always get to me, no matter how often I change ISPs (mediaone.net -> attbi.com -> comcast.net -> ??? ).
The (lack of) portability in the telephone world is entirely different and was partially a way for a cell provider to lock you into their service. Good for them, bad for you. |
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 keith2468Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB | reply to jdmatl
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Next thing you know is that someone will write a virus that uses port 80. Quick the sky is falling let block outbound port 80?
They have. Quite a few actually. For example, Code Red. |
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