comcast website's

[Bob Kinney]

--- Mike - W0TMW <mikew at crucis.net> wrote:

> See below at ***
> 
> mw
> 
> "Lose not thy airspeed lest the ground rises up and smites thee." - Anon.
> 
> 
> 
> Todd Zullinger wrote:
> > Bob Kinney wrote:
> >   
> >> I use Comcast also, and host my web site via my always-on
> >> connection-- from inside my home.  This gives you the freedom to
> >> make your site how YOU want it.  You own it, you control it.
> >>     
> >
> > And this is a violation of the comcast terms of service agreement last
> > time I read it.  Whether you, they, or anyone else cares is another
> > matter. ;)
> >
> >   
> >> I'd like to set up my own mail server for my domain, too, but
> >> initial tests show that Comcast, in my area anyway, blocks outbound
> >> traffic destined to port 25 (SMTP).  After one laughably ridiculous
> >> conversation with their tech support, I haven't pursued it further.
> >>     
> >
> > Even if comcast didn't block outbound port 25 you'd find that many
> > other mail servers would not accept your mail because it was coming
> > from a known dynamic IP address pool.
> >   
> All you have to do is point your sendmail to comcast's mail server 
> (smtp.comcast.net). That's what I do and it works just fine. I've had my 
> webpage on my local Linux box for years and have never had a complaint 
> from Comcast.  Of course, I don't have millions of daily hits either.
> 
> mw

Not wanting to get too off topic here (sorry everybody), but are you 
saying that you relay through their servers? 
They tolerate from/reply-to addresses for your own domain, or is this
a POP style arrangement facilitated via sendmail?

Regards,

--bc


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