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jamesd · May 16th, 2006, 6:24 PM

I just signed up for a reseller account and I seem to be having the same issue where my isp blocks 25 and 26. There's really no obscure port that they have mapped? This could really be a deal-breaker for me since I have a lot of remote users that connect from various places and can't be changing their smtp server each time. A previous host used 2525 which worked fine for me. I think the key is that it's kind of become standard that port 26 can be used with many hosting service and therefore many isps are blocking it.

May 16th, 2006, 6:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
jamesd Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in May 2006 Lives in Cleveland, Ohio Hosted on pass58 2 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	I just signed up for a reseller account and I seem to be having the same issue where my isp blocks 25 and 26. There's really no obscure port that they have mapped? This could really be a deal-breaker for me since I have a lot of remote users that connect from various places and can't be changing their smtp server each time. A previous host used 2525 which worked fine for me. I think the key is that it's kind of become standard that port 26 can be used with many hosting service and therefore many isps are blocking it. Last edited by jamesd; May 16th, 2006 at 6:27 PM.