jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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Re: Thanks Idiots!
said by pnh102  :
I don't run my own mail server, but I do send email through my own domain hosting company's email server (mail."mydomain.com"). And thanks to all of you stupid fools out there, now I won't be able to do that. Ugh.
Since you're on Comcast you can use whatever you want in the FROM address on your e-mail, and send it through smtp.comcast.net. In other words, the e-mail shows up as coming from "pnh102@yourdomain.com".
Unless the recipient looks at the headers, there's no way they'd even notice it. With SMTP-Auth turned on (which Comcast does support) you can even do this from an wifi hotspot anywhere on the internet without changing e-mail settings (if you use a laptop).
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MWR2NY
join:2002-02-06
Edgewood, MD
| I'm on Comcast and last November when Comcast decided to block port 25 they didn't tell anybody including their own tech support. I went about a week without being able to send mail through my own domain. It took a couple days of tech support at my web host to figure out a work around. Comcast and other ISP's should of posted something to let everyone know what they were doing. |
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Nice Try5
join:2003-04-17
Silver Spring, MD | I don't believe comcast is blocking 25 in my area. I can still send and receive mail. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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said by jester121 :
Since you're on Comcast you can use whatever you want in the FROM address on your e-mail, and send it through smtp.comcast.net. In other words, the e-mail shows up as coming from "pnh102@yourdomain.com".
First, why should I have to do anything differently? I am not sending out viruses or spam so I should not be inconvenienced. Go punish the idiots who refuse to properly protect their machines. Its not rocket science or brain surgery, anyone who is willing to read up on the topic can do it.
Second, its mail.comcast.net, not smtp.comcast.net 
said by jester121 :
Unless the recipient looks at the headers, there's no way they'd even notice it.
True, but still it begs the question, why should someone who is not part of the problem be inconvenienced?
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Mount Airy, MD
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| reply to MWR2NY
said by MWR2NY :
I'm on Comcast and last November when Comcast decided to block port 25 they didn't tell anybody including their own tech support.
This is somewhat off-topic but there was a time when I thought Comcast had done the same thing to me. I contacted Comcast through a support email and they told me they had not started blocking port 25. The problems turned out to be the result of me changing the MAC address of my router and not changing some settings therein to make it work right. Once I changed the MAC address to the original one, my email worked fine.
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purdyturdy
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Same here, Seattle area and can send mail through Comcast to my own SMTP server at another ISP (which uses SMTP auth).
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jester121
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Lake Zurich, IL
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| reply to pnh102
said by pnh102 :
Second, its mail.comcast.net, not smtp.comcast.net
Third, you're welcome to spend all the time you want trying to send SMTP traffic through Comcast's POP3 server, but you'll find it rejects connections to port 25. Just as it should... 
The correct address is smtp.comcast.net
said by pnh102 :
True, but still it begs the question, why should someone who is not part of the problem be inconvenienced?
Still don't see how it inconviences you to change a setting once, especially given the positive upside. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by jester121 :
The correct address is smtp.comcast.net
Oops... you are indeed correct, my bad! Goes to show you how often I use my Comcast email LOL.
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