METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 09:00:52AM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote:
> "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Technical solutions.  Getting your mail to go through when your IP
> > feed is blocking TCP port 25 outbound.
> 
> You forgot to mention RFC-1149 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html).
> 
> SMTP to port 25 will almost[1] *definitely* work this way, since
> afaik, not a single ISP anywhere has figured out how to block this
> protocol yet.

Using Avian Carrier signals, however, is equivilant to changing ISPs. If
you're willing to switch from Metrocast to BirdNet, you are probably
just as willing to change to another terrestrial provider.

-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer