Re: [Pengfork-devel] AOL seems to intercept all SMTP connections

[Jim Peters]

Jean-Charles Salzeber wrote:
> Yes, it's a known issue.  It works with non-existing IP too, try
> telnet 1.2.3.4 25 for example!
>
> We can't act at this level, it's AOL firewall that do this.  The
> solution, I have found is to use a non standard port for SMTP as you
> say.  The other one is to implement the L2TP protocol, AOL do not
> filter SMTP with this protocol.

Okay, thanks for this.  I think for now I'll just have to accept that
I'll get mail bounces from certain addresses.  This is better than
waiting until the evening to send all my E-mails.

Cheers --

Jim

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