Comcast joins anti-spam ISPs
p2pnet.net News:- Although Comcast has started to block port 25 on some subscriber accounts in a bid to stop spam, it’s not the the first ISP to do so.
“EarthLink and several other ISPs currently block port 25 for suspected spammers,” says HardwareGeeks here, going on:
“Some Comcast subscribers are elated by the decision; many have complained that Comcast was not taking an active role in preventing spam.”
Spammers use port 25 because it’s the default port for SMTP and, “it’s almost a given if you find an open port 25 it is an email server,” says the report.
“If you [are] running a mail server and it’s not configured correctly you can create what’s known as an Open Relay. Spammers use tools to scan the internet for these Open Relays. Once a relay is found a spammer can use your e-mail server to send out massive amounts of email. The blocking of Port 25 only prevents you from running a Mail server on your computer. Which is something most ISPs do not allow.”
June 13th, 2004 at 9:18 pm
I recognize the graphic used here because it was lifted and adjusted – slightly by taking the background out and taking the “screws” of the sign.
Please don’t lift my art – it is NOT cool.
-The original artist
Another News Network
June 13th, 2004 at 9:45 pm
Hey Original Artist, can you provide a link to the original graphic?
-Interested Third Party
June 13th, 2004 at 10:38 pm
Hi original artist: My apologies. I never do that but I wasn’t on my own computer, I was in a big hurry and I tried to make it as unlike your pic as possible. Here’s the original – http://www.technewsworld.com/story/34366.html. But you’re right.
The one now on the page is the one I always use. I do my own pix (which I wouldn’t go so far as to describe as ‘artwork : ) 99.999999999% of the time and I’ve seen quite a few used on other sites as-is: no hint of an attempt to re-jig them. It didn’t worry me. But there you go.