Head Guru Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I have been asked by several clients to look at running smtp over another port other than port 25. This is due to the fact that many ISP's are blocking port 25 thus rendering send mail inoperable. As always, TCH listens to the client base. I have started to work out the details on this project. I am working on what server to use as a test bed. If I could get some some beta testers that would really help. Please respond here if your willing to ( and would not need the technical guidance to report your email client) become a beta tester. I just need to pick a server then we can start testing this work-around. I will be watching this thread over the next days looking for anyone willing to work with me on this project. If things go well, we will port smtp to an additional port on all the servers. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I'm game. Server 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 You know I'm game server 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deverill Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Anything to help! Count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jslagle Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Be glad to help. Server 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Count me in as well! Server 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted September 23, 2003 Author Share Posted September 23, 2003 Ok Lets try this folks. All servers listed in this thread now have port26 running smtp. please try and respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 I just sent a message to myself from one account to the other after changing my SMTP port to 26, worked like a charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted September 23, 2003 Author Share Posted September 23, 2003 I just sent email from my backup earthlink dial up account using port26. *bill smiles and waves hello at Earthlink So much for smtp port blocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deverill Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Hey Boss, I didn't list my server (#30) and I just sent email on port 26 so either I goofed up my settings or you went ahead and did them all. I think the line that says "Outgoing server port (SMTP)" is pretty clear but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted September 24, 2003 Author Share Posted September 24, 2003 We got so excited we did them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Yup, no problem with mine as well, worked perfectly when sending to a normal pop mail account and to hotmail as well.... Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Ok I’m a little slow at replying, but everything worked fine.I sent to and from several accounts. I still have a question though. Every email that I receive from my account shows up labeled as a SPAM ALERT. I use Outlook and Norton Internet Security. It is set to a low level so emails are only marked not deleted. My concern is some people choose to let them be deleted, especially some more aggressive IT departments that have to deal with high levels of spam. I have tried to figure out what causes this but I am at a loss for an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susandennis Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 SWEET! Yesterday, I needed an workable SMTP option from work and I none of my personal email accounts worked. I was afraid I'd be stuck using hotmail... Read this just now, changed the one on TCH to port 26 and it sailed right through! Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheManKnownAsX Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 While we're on the subject of mail sending issues.. I have this returned mail to show you folks.. This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: calzuky@usa.com SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<calzuky@usa.com>: host usa-com.mr.outblaze.com [205.158.62.27]: 554 EMail from mailserver at 63.247.72.186 is refused. See http://spamblock.outblaze.com/63.247.72.186 Not sure if this is the right place to put this.. but this was a return mail from an attempted user-signup over at my site (digitalpimpz.com). Looks like this guy won't be getting his activation email.. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted September 26, 2003 Author Share Posted September 26, 2003 Outblaze is stupid. We have already asked them to remove the mistaken blacklist, but they are to busy acting high and mighty. TCH does not host spammers. Outblaze is a group of incompetent admins that are to lazy to correct the mistake. If you like we can move you to a new IP. But I give you my word we dont have out IP's blacklisted in the read world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheManKnownAsX Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Honestly, brotha, I believe every word you are saying. They seemed like duller knives in the ol' knife drawer of life.. As far as moving me to a different server, I'm not worried about it right now. That was just _one_ user out of 126 that have signed up since I officially opened just over a month ago. As far as you guys supporting/not supporting spammers... if I thought you were supporting spammers, I wouldn't have purchased my service from you.. I know ya'll rock and you're smarter than to let some lamer use your systems to propogate spam around the world. Glad to know you're aware of the sitch with them tho. That's all I wanted to find out.. Rock Sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason V Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Works Great on Server 17. Now I can send e-mail again!! Thanks Rock Sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest schussat Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Thanks for making SMTP available on port 26 -- it's nice to have access to that, as I'm on Cox Cable, where port 25 is blocked. One problem, echoing the post from Kontos, is that I'm able to send email through it without authentication. In fact, I only just now figured out how to get authentication to work (I had to reset passwords in cpanel; probably a carryover from transferring my site from its prior host). Should I submit a ticket on this? -Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddcurry Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 This is great -- thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroknight Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Guys, I just tried sending email using port 26 on server 39. Didnt work! Maybe your newer servers havent been configured yet? Any input? Thanks Other than that .... Rock Sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroknight Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 A follow-up to my previous... couldnt telnet into port 26 on servers 39, 40 & 41 BUT could on server 38 Looks like I guessed correctly about your newer machines not being setup for port 26 yet ... or did I miss something? I am hosted on 39 ... need an alternative to port 25, I have to use an ISP that blocks 25 AND refuses SMTP relay to msgs from email addresses belonging to domains not hosted by them (even after authentication using my dial-up credentials) ... Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted October 18, 2003 Author Share Posted October 18, 2003 Aeroknight - Got your pm, sorry for the delay... I have now added exim on 26 for server 39, 40 and 42. Server41 is no longer in service commission. Lemme know if your all set. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroknight Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Yup! I'm all set! Thanks Head Guru! ~Aeroknight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJSkon Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 I have a question. I have moved to TCH in the last few days, from Webcountry hosting. I am trying to set up some of my Forms, using Ultimate Form Mail V 1.5 and a couple of other Perl scripts, Matts and NMS. I have started with the php form mail first, the two test forms that I have worked great the first day, I had the recipients set to webmaster@rjskon.com and rjskon@cs.com in the config.php script and I had the webmaster@rjskon.com forwarded to rjskon@cs.com , I use the CompuServe mailing system as my main E-mail, so I don't have to play around with Outlook Express. Like I said, everything worked great including the "Forward" mail for the first day. But today I am receiving the message below from CompuServe neither the recipient or the Forwarded mail is working. Is there anything that I can do to eliminate this problem? Any help would be appreciated. Richard [This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: rjskon@cs.com SMTP error from remote mailer after initial connection: host mailin-02.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.89]: 554-(RLY:B1) The information presently available to AOL indicates this 554-server is generating high volumes of member complaints from AOL's 554-member base. Based on AOL's Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at 554-http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html AOL may not accept further 554-e-mail transactions from this server or domain. For more information, 554 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com. ------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------ Return-path: <rjskon@cs.com> Received: from nobody by server40.totalchoicehosting.com with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AB52h-0004v4-9u; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:19:47 -0400 To: rjskon@cs.com, webmaster@rjskon.com Subject: Message From The PHP Form From: rjskon@cs.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="==Multipart_Boundary_xa74590d0125497560ead743f51943108x" Message-Id: <E1AB52h-0004v4-9u@server40.totalchoicehosting.com> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:19:47 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --==Multipart_Boundary_xa74590d0125497560ead743f51943108x Content-Type:text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Name: Richard Comments: Test ----------------------- Headers --------------------------------Return-Path: <>Received: from rly-xi06.mx.aol.com (rly-xi06.mail.aol.com [172.20.116.12]) by air-xi04.mail.aol.com (v96.10) with ESMTP id MAILINXI43-71b3f928bc12fc; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:04:14 -0400Received: from server40.totalchoicehosting.com (server40.totalchoicehosting.com [63.247.77.66]) by rly-xi06.mx.aol.com (v96.8) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXI65-71b3f928bc12fc; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:04:01 -0400Received: from mailnull by server40.totalchoicehosting.com with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AB52h-0004vE-Hv for rjskon@cs.com; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:19:47 -0400X-Failed-Recipients: rjskon@cs.comAuto-Submitted: auto-generatedFrom: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon@server40.totalchoicehosting.com>To: rjskon@cs.comSubject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to senderMessage-Id: <E1AB52h-0004vE-Hv@server40.totalchoicehosting.com>Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:19:47 -0400X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse reportX-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server40.totalchoicehosting.comX-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - cs.comX-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12]X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - X-AOL-IP: 63.247.77.66X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:XXX:XXX-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted October 19, 2003 Author Share Posted October 19, 2003 We are aware of the problem with AOl and their scomp blacklist. I have been in contact with AOL and are trying to sort this out, I will update this thread when I know more. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJSkon Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Bill Appreciate your help and the help of all the TCH Family. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted October 19, 2003 Author Share Posted October 19, 2003 I just checked the IP on server40 http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ip4r.ch?ip=63.247.77.66 So AOL has got something wrong. I will follow up with them in the AM. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerz Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Uh...I'd be happy to assist, but am clueless about how to change the port in OL98. Willing to learn, though! woooot Server 20 Chuck in Taiwan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjhoward Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Hey, any chance of getting this to work on server45? RJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 I'll see to it that this gets add on 45 and 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Its been enabled on 45 and 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjhoward Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Wooo hoooo! Thanks Mike! RJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmanmcp Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 I've done lots of Beta tests and will help if you need me. BoB/Madman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjhoward Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 This seems to have quit working on Server45, probably as a result of yesterday's outage. Port 25 still works, but not 26. RJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Try it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjhoward Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Nope, still doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 can you give it another try, I restarted exim on 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjhoward Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Looks good. Thank you very much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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