[ale] Sendmail and Bellsouth

[Nathan]

fwiw, I've also had *very* good luck with Atlantic Nexus.  I was a bit 
skeptical about them when I saw their website, but was pleasantly 
surprised after getting their service.

Rob Fauls wrote:
> I left bellsouth because they are blocking port 25...you can use an 
> alternate port, but thats only good if you already have a mail server 
> outside the bellsouth network.  This issue with bellsouth has caused me 
> to change isp to Atlantic Nexus.  I had one day without internet, but 
> other than that, they have proven to be just as reliable as bellsouth 
> over the past 2 months.  They also usually pickup phone support after 2 
> rings, no wait.  I highly recommend them. They dont block any ports, 
> that the biggest thing with me, and thats the problem you are having, 
> when everything boils down.  The only way to get bellsouth to open your 
> port 25 is to buy a business account from them, then pay an extra $10 to 
> get them to give you a static ip and open port 25...or i can save $15/mo 
> off my residential account and get inet thats free of port blocks. (i 
> was paying $50/mo for 1.5 dsl from bellsouth. now paying 35/mo from 
> atnex.) Again, its all up to you, but having my inet free of 
> restrictions was enough for me to get away from bellsouth.
> -Rob
>
> Brandon Colbert wrote:
>   
>> I was planning to use it as a mail server.
>>
>> On 2/19/06, *Pete Hardie* <pete.hardie at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:pete.hardie at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 2/19/06, Brandon Colbert <colbert.brandon at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:colbert.brandon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>     > Crap! Crap! Crap! OK Question? How is it possible that I can
>>     send mail from
>>     > a client using STMP: mail.bellsouth.net <http://mail.bellsouth.net>?
>>
>>     How do you need to send it?  I've got a Python app that will send
>>     files using SMTP
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