-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Adam Jacob Muller Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:18 PM To: Eric Gauthier Cc: Paul Ryan; Nanog Mailing list Subject: Re: Port 25 - Blacklash

The fact that most people did not complain is not likely due to the fact that they were not annoyed by the change, but rather it's easier to simply get around it than it is to bother complaining to network admins.

For example, about 2 months ago, comcast decided to block outgoing port 25 from my entire neighborhood. I called comcast, and while sitting on hold I had the idea to setup a ssh tunnel to a machine at work and viola problem solved before anyone from comcast even answered the phone.

And comcast will happily allow this to be your employers problem i.e. owned, infected, or spamming. Paul was asking about ILG's and the political backlash of blocking off-campus port 25 where the ILG is using an ISP other than their school. (thanks SD, EG, MG, DD) -M<