Re: [LUG] anyone know of partial ISP provision in the UK?

[Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, tom wrote:

> On 24/02/11 10:07, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, tom wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/can-you-run-your-own-soho-e-mail-server/720 
> > >
> > > does this happen here?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > But not for all ISPs. Usually only the cheap/rubbish ones - like BT, AOL, 
> > TalTalk, etc.
> >
> > The biggest issues you'll get is that a lot of spam-checkers now have 
> > complete lists of all home DSL IP addresses and weigh email coming directly 
> > from them quite heavilly.. Also, you might not have reverse DNS - something 
> > else that a lot of spam checkers don't like.
> >
> > So if you want to run an email server at home/office, do get a good quality 
> > ISP and make sure you get reverse DNS setup for it.
> >
> > Gordon
> But BT, AOL, TalTalk dont actually block port 25 do they?

Some of them do - or force you into using their own proxy.

I have clients who need to use port 587 to relay email out via my servers.

Gordon

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