Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:33:12 -0500 From: "Jason Halbert" <jason@jason-n3xt.org> To: "Jim Freeze" <jim@freeze.org>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Verizon Spam Filter Question Message-ID: <JEENJJEOICOIFPANEHOOGEDDCAAA.jason@jason-n3xt.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0106011600130.70612-100000@www.stelesys.com>
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Jim: I have said this a million times to my friends and Verizon "haters".. "Verzion kicks ass as long as you don't have to call them." I currently have Verizon DSL and VerizonOnline is my ISP. I have the what used to be the "Platinum" package (T1 down/Half-T1 up). I always get my full bandwidth no matter what time of day it is and the only downtime I ever experience is the rare hardware maintenance they do. Granted it helps living 6,000ft. from my CO. I will probably upgrade to the 7.0M down/T1 up when it becomes avaliable. Verizon does not block ports, but there is a down side to that. When someone packeting you on ports below 1024 they can't/won't really do anything about it. They expect you to log it and then submit the information to a "security" divison of the ISP who is supposedly to deal with it for you. The Verizon mail servers are very strict. If you do not connect to the mail servers with an IP that resolves to one of the Verizon owned domains then it rejects it. Although, there is a bright side. If you buy a domain and if you are fortunate enough to buy an IP for that domain, then just use a FreeBSD server to be the mail servers. They do a wonderful job.. as you can see you are reading this e-mail. :) Anyway, just MHO... HTH. ---- Jason P. Halbert jason@jason-n3xt.org -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jim Freeze Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 15:10 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Verizon Spam Filter Question Hi Well, the ride with @Home for the last year has been nice, but they finally started blocking all ports below 1024 so I find myself in a situation where I must switch providers. I am looking at Version DSL. After talking to them, they informed me that they block email via a spam filter by rejecting any mail whose domain they do not provide dns for. I'n not an email expert so I pose the question: Will this be a problem if I use an outside name server to host domains, ie, will my email be blocked? Also, if anyone can suggest a better isp in Lexington, KY then that would be great too. Thanks ========================================================= Jim Freeze jim@freeze.org --------------------------------------------------------- No comment at this time. http://www.freeze.org ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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