[lit-ideas] Paranoia
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:52:44 EST
Here's the paranoia-inducing e-mail I promised you, as I have no idea how
many of the Lit-id posts you read. Btw, Andreas (runner of the list-serve) is
one of the uber-cyber-gurus of the world. He knows all. Anything he says
re. computers I trust implicitly. His website e-mail is well worth
subscribing
to (he even has advice re. skin care, pass it on to Barb, funky recipes,
business tips and news, etc. Eclectic is his middle name). Anything he says
about politics I merely tend to agree with. Most would consider him a
wild-eyed liberal conspiracy theorist. He's incredibly well-traveled at the
best
moments -- was there to see the Berlin wall coming down, e.g. Check out his
journal of e-mails from his wife, dying from an incurable disease after an
organ
transplant. In a way he is much like you -- a spiritual secularist,
self-avowed cynic because mysticism is just too close to the bone.
Julie
========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] ISPs are blocking
outgoing email Date: 2/3/05 8:30:22 P.M. Central Standard Time From:
_andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx) To:
_lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on:
SBC and Verizon, along with other large ISPs, got the bright idea to block
port 25 for all
outgoing email to servers other than their own.
If you are using SBC or Verizon DSL and you notice that you can't send
email, this is the
problem. Don't waste time by calling their tech support; they're clueless on
this one.
There are two solutions:
1) Temporary Solution: Switch your outgoing SMTP server from whatever you're
using
(smtp.whatever.com) to SBC's smtp server (smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com). Open
your email, select
the account, and modify its properties. Checkmark the "My server requires
authentication"
and click Settings. Enter your SBC account name (for example,
hillaryclinton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx )
and your SBC password, and click Remember Settings.
If you have several computers on servers on the DSL line, just use the same
account name and
password for all of them.
2) Better Solution (but takes longer) if you use SBC: Go to
http://help.sbcglobal.net/servabuse.php and select Abuse Type = "**Opt Out
25" and type
"Please let me opt out of Port 25 blocking." In 12 hours or so (or longer),
SBC will unblock
their blocking of your Port 25.
Hang on to this email. The ISPs are s slowly blocking this through their
service areas. If
you notice that you can't send email, this info will solve your problem.
If you use SBC or Verizon and you haven't been blocked yet, we suggest that
you go ahead and
request to opt out of their blocking. Otherwise, they will block your email
and it will take
a day or two for them to unblock it.
Pass this on to your friends, colleagues, and other lists.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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