Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers?

Posted by Soulskill on Monday February 21, 2011 @10:33AM from the lazy-spam-prevention dept.

softegg writes "My company hosts our own mail server. We have high-speed business connections through Verizon and Comcast. Recently, Verizon and Comcast have been blocking port 25, causing our private mail server to stop functioning. Additionally, a lot of ISPs just started blocking any mail coming from any IP in the address block of cable modems. This caused us to start laundering our mail through a third-party service called DNSExit. Now, McAfee's MAPS anti-spam system tells us they are blocking DNSExit for spam. Essentially, we are finding ourselves increasingly cut off from sending any outgoing mail. What is a small company supposed to do if you want to host your own mail?"

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Re:Not much to do by guybrush3pwood · 2011-02-21 10:37 · Score: 5, Funny

"First, they went after port 25, but I didn't care, because I didn't host my own mail server..."
blah blah blah, you know how it goes

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Re:Not much to do by pehrs · 2011-02-21 22:08 · Score: 3, Funny

I am not sure if you are aware of it, but the USA is a foreign country...