If your ISP runs a ssh daemon, you might want to connect to your ISP via ssh and use port forwarding. That is the only way I can use my ISP's SMTP and News servers from work. Avi Nadeem Hasan wrote:
Nadeem Hasan wrote:
Francesco wrote:
Hi,
Having now acquired a permanent connection at work I am only using dial-up from home. However a problem has arrisen and I cannot ell if it is me or them. My connection goes through the NHS net (in the UK) and hence out to the rest of the world. When trying to send smtp mail from work I end up with error message about:
sending smtp command then a while later unable to connect to server
How do I go about finding how far my connection to server is getting before it is being blocked so that I can speak to whoever maintains that system?
Normally, ISPs block the SMTP traffic (Port 25) for PPP connections at their routers. That means, you can connect to their mail server but nowhere else. They block only outgoing or both ways. In your case, it looks like its blocked both ways. BTW, this is done to block spamming so that you cannot setup mail relays.
Nadeem
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