Comcast blocking port 25? (not what you think)

[Travis Roy]

bscott at ntisys.com wrote:

> On Mon, 10 May 2004, at 10:25am, travis at scootz.net wrote:
> 
>>Yah, that's what I'm going to have to do.. BLAH.. stupid comcast.
> 
> 
>   Get used to it.  More and more ISPs are adding this.  And I cannot say I
> entirely disagree with the policy.
> 

Why? They are blocking access to an outside mail server, one that is 
legit, it has a static IP, it has proper reverse DNS and MX records. My 
parents are not running a mail server.. What next? block access to hotmail?