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[Daniel Rose]

Kim Holburn wrote:
> I have a friend who set up his own mail server on his broadband 
> connection, a fixed IP.  He was, I should add, an experienced unix 
> sysadmin who had set up many mail servers.  Because of either the rDNS 
> settings provided by the ISP or the fact his IP was in a registered ISP 
> client broadband pool or something like that there were many mail 
> servers in Australia who would refuse to accept mail from his server.  
> It's a pity that while so much spam originates from botnets on ISP pools 
> that the approach of trying to block client pools doesn't actually seem 
> to limit spam while hitting people who set up their own mail servers.
> 

Sorry to revive a dead thread, but it's interesting that ACTEWAGL/Transact/Grapevine
in the ACT block port 25 outgoing and incoming; which means you can't even receive
mail on the link, let alone send it.  Their solution? upgrade to a business rated connection.

The premier carrier in the National Capital of the clever country with the latest broadband initiatives
blocks incoming port 25.  It's mental!