Running Home-based mail server, but ISP blocks port 25?

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, at 2:11pm, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> Some one was inquiring how they can run a mail server on a port other 
> than port 25.

  That's easy.  The hard part is getting the rest of the world to use that
port.

> Is there some way to specify a port address in DNS? 

  Nope.

  (Well, there are SRV records, but almost nothing uses them.)

  The best thing to do would probably be to just find a third-party,
off-site mail server to host mail for you.

  Another possibility would be to have a host outside the cable ISP's
network do port forwarding on port 25 to your IP address.  But that's a
kludge at best.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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