[X4U] router filter lets mail get by?!?

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 2/15/06 3:12 PM, nk <netkat at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have a belkin router which I can set to allow/deny web access to
> any mac on the network here.
> 
> While I have one mac so disabled, e-mail still comes thru! which
> makes me wonder, how "off" the internet IS this computer if I can
> still get e-mail?

Web access is not the same as e-mail access. They use different ports, which
are what routers use to deny/allow access.