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

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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?
Tom te tom te tom

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