Webone blocking port 25??

Martijn van Oosterhout kleptog at svana.org
Thu Jul 25 18:47:40 EST 2002


On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 04:06:09PM +1000, Chris Fletcher wrote:
> Blocking port 25 is stupid.
> 
> Any administrator with half a clue can protect their mail server from
> relaying.

Yeah, but if some idiot gets it wrong who gets blacklisted, the customer or
the ISP? The ISP has to protect customers from eachother too. And if it
blocks viruses also, what a bonus.

> SMTP is an important function for Internet users - why should they be forced
> to use a particular ISP's SMTP server.  Sure it may be more 'efficient', but
> it may not be more secure.  There are plenty of other reasons why I may want
> to use a particular mail server to send a message.  My company may insist on
> it for security reasons etc.

I'm afraid that if you want such a service, you may have to pay for it. I
don't think you can point to anywhere in your contract where it said that
port 25 should be open. And anything not explicitly mentioned (or implied by
law) in your contract is just a bonus which can be withdrawn at any time.
Vote with your dollars, go elsewhere.

> If WeBone suddenly blocks port 25 without notice I would be on the phone to
> the TIO (if I were a customer).

And they'd ask where you got the idea such a service could be expected.

> You should also be entitled to cancel your account without penalty if they
> suddenly change the nature of the service they provide.

That's true. Even telstra offered that when they changed the plans around.

-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog at svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that can do binary
> arithmetic and those that can't.




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