[GRLUG] Comcast and blocking port 25 delivery

[Benjamin Eavey]

> Yep, port 25 to my email server at work. I'm guessing it's going to end
> someday though as I've been seeing here and there about Comcast blocking it.
> What would be nice if they would at least allow customers to  authenticate
> addresses to allow them to send email from their network. How do they expect
> to do it otherwise? I think it's sbcglobal/yahoo that allows you to
> authenticate to a different address.

My opinion:  I'm glad they're blocking it.  It's about time.  It's so
easy for businesses to configure an alternate port for people who
legitimately need to email from home (ideally with some encryption and
authentication), and anything that can alleviate some of the
robo-drone spam crap out there on the Internet can't be a bad thing.
I'm guessing Comcast's network is one of the biggest offenders in that
department.

Makes me happy.  Comcast is doing something right for a change.

Ben