COX blocks outbound smtp

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 09:22, David Mandala wrote:
> Noticed a new fun feature that COX has implemented. If you connect to
> their SMTP severs from outside their network to relay mail they don't
> refuse it, they black hole it and dump the mail. They don't properly
> refuse it just accept it and dump it!
> 
> That is a big problem. My wife's notebook had been setup with the
> necessary forward command and then she took the laptop to her new job.
> Fortunately the first email she sent was to me, when she did not hear
> back from me she called.
> 
> I checked her mail logs, saw the message was sent and accepted for
> delivery. It NEVER arrived. Then I reset her mail server to send
> directly and had her resend the mail, I got it in seconds.
> 
> Anyway long story short, be careful if you use a laptop or you may lose
> outbound mail.
> 
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Makes good sense to me - are they going to generate an email for
everyone who wants to use their mail server from an unknown source?
Where would they send the email to? The fictitous return address used by
spammers?

Craig