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Gordon Marx wrote: >On 01/09/05, Mike Gorse <mgorse at mgorse.dhs.org> wrote: > > >>Well, I spoke too soon; it quickly stopped working. >> >> > >They're reading your email! ::tinfoil hat on:: > >Gordon > > I don't think they are; from what I've seen, Comcast simply delists anyone who complains, for an as-yet undetermined length of time, and then the block goes back into place. I suspect they've got a poorly designed security system in place, which has defective spam-detection or/and virus-detection algorithms. Alternatively, they may just have a script set up that removes any exceptions after a short interval. I complained about port 25 blocking, and after I received assurances that the port was not blocked, it worked for a few days and then went dead again. Although dyndns.org sells smtp port-forwarding for $40/year, I'm just going to switch to Speakeasy and obviate the problem. Once I get Speakeasy going, anyone with a Comcast blocking problem can ask me for forwarding; I'll have to work out a throttling mechanism, but there's no reason to put up with this kind of shadow boxing from Comcast. Bill -- E. William Horne William Warren Consulting Computer and Network Installation and Service http://william_warren.home.comcast.net/ 781 784-0951
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