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Perl.org locked down? (was Re: Potential bug ?)
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| kspecial@linuxmail.org wrote:
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> Luckily my ISP blocks port 25 outbound so I never got the
> chance to report with perlbug..Thanks alot,
Is this an attempt to stop spammers? If so, sounds like a good idea,
though I'm thinking you meant 25 inbound is blocked, as the outbound
port used by your computer when *sending* mail is a random outgoing
port; the server recieving the mail is always on the fixed port of 25
TCP.
I think the problem is the Perl.org servers lately seeming won't acccept
any new posts of mail (ie PerlBug gets posted there), as if it's been
locked down for some reason? I mean I can read posts, but suddenly
nothing seems to be acceoted in the way of posts and emails (like
PerlBug.)
Maybe someone else knows more?
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| Greg Schmidt 2004-09-30, 4:07 pm |
| On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:07:45 -0700, 187 wrote:
> kspecial@linuxmail.org wrote:
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> Is this an attempt to stop spammers? If so, sounds like a good idea,
> though I'm thinking you meant 25 inbound is blocked, as the outbound
> port used by your computer when *sending* mail is a random outgoing
> port; the server recieving the mail is always on the fixed port of 25
> TCP.
My sister's ISP (Sprint Canada, I think) blocks outbound connections to
port 25 to anything but their own servers. Took a while to figure this out
(she uses my mail server instead of theirs), but it does seem like a very
good defense against spammers and viruses that send out emails.
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Greg Schmidt gregs@trawna.com
Trawna Publications http://www.trawna.com/
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