[X4U] Damn Comcast

[Aron S.Spencer]

Comcast blocks port 25 for everyone, not just you.

On Oct 6, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> Wayne wrote:
>
>> 2.66, Intel Duo Core Xeon 8 gig memory, 4 - 1 terabyte drives, X.5.5.
>>
>> I really feel embarrassed about this and should know this. Got an  
>> email from Comcast stating that they have blocked port 25 for spam.  
>> I don't spam, the only other users of my computer is my wife who  
>> only uses yahoo email. So I know that Mac Mail uses port 25. How  
>> would this happen? Also even though Comcast states that they have  
>> blocked port 25 it still seems like me emails are going out. I sent  
>> a test email to my daughter and my work email and they went thru.  
>> Any help would be appreciated. I tried to check if you can change  
>> the ports in mail but don't see any options, Wayne.
>
> I'm running Tiger, but at least in this version, in Mail's  
> Preferences under the Accounts category, and the Account Information  
> tab for your account, there is at the bottom a button labeled Server  
> Settings. That button takes you to a window where you can change the  
> SMTP server. You should change it to port 587.
>
> For your reference, here's a list of common ports and their uses:
> <http://www2.opendoor.com/doorstop/ports.html> and there you can see  
> that port 25 is an SMTP port, and that port 587 is "Alternate SMTP".
>
> Daly
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Aron S. Spencer
Union, NJ 07083