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Date:	Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:12:38 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Email SMTP SendMail DNS (was: DNS problem)

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J. R. Fox wrote:
>
> Yup, this being you, I knew there must be some
> Rube Goldberg contraption involved. ;-)

You betcha. My UPS is sixteen mice in a wire wheel cage. It's
connected to an old 12 volt automobile alternator I picked up at the
junk yard.

> > Comcast blocks port 25 (it's cable not
> > DSL) so I can't run my own mail server.
>
> Hasn't this become a pretty standard "No Go"
> area, for most of the providers these days ?

I've heard complaints from others with different ISPs who no longer can
run their own mail servers. The ISPs have various rationales; some were
involved with the government's Carnivore project, some were monitoring
outbound email for spammers, and some didn't want you running a server
unless you paid extra.

> > My Verizon connection is DSL DHCP.
>
> So, fixed vs. dynamic is not necessarily the determining
> factor, as to whether AUTH is required . . . ?

Not for the hardware. It's the same whether fixed or dynamic. AUTH is
just an extra handshake when you sign on to the mail server.

- Peter

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