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They are not kidding. Do your homework!
> All the spammers have to do... is write a tiny
> bit of code, maybe 15 minutes worth, which will
> cause their program to hunt for an open port ...

That won't help them a bit, even if they find all ports but 25 open, since SMTP servers are configured to respond to requests on port 25, so they can do what they want with any other port: no email server will receive any email on a different port!

See http://computer.howstuffworks.com/email4.htm
Posted by: hadaso   Posted on: 06/11/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Hope it helps..  ickusslime@... | 06/10/04
This causes more problems than it helps  voska | 06/10/04
Doesn't affect home customers  TickedOffSysAdmin | 06/11/04
Affects but just a bit.  hadaso | 06/11/04
like my ".mac" account?  sandbagger | 06/14/04
Affects only those whose connectivity and E-mail providers are different  TickedOffSysAdmin | 06/15/04
quit while you are ahead...you have no clue  cbricco@... | 02/21/07
nice try...  acwhite86@... | 02/23/07
Comcast stopped me - and not a little bit  itsince67 | 07/05/09
If you knew anything about email servers ...  cbricco@... | 02/19/07
Home user's death?  itsince67 | 07/05/09
SPEWS  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/10/04
They have to be kidding  James Dean_z | 06/10/04
They are not kidding. Do your homework!  hadaso | 06/11/04
Punishment  donald17 | 07/20/05
Comcast Blocks Spam - It's working... for now  btrout | 06/11/04
Just a trick to make up pay more money  fmanso | 10/23/07
Comcast supports?  itsince67 | 07/05/09
RE: Comcast blocks spam loophole  buckjohnsonus@... | 02/23/08
RE: Comcast blocks spam loophole  connor_k@... | 10/06/08
RE: Comcast blocks spam loophole  nospam999999 | 11/18/08
RE: Comcast blocks spam loophole  ChrisLL | 12/25/08
RE: Comcast blocks spam loophole  gramblinman1 | 01/18/09
RE: Comcast blocks spam loophole  itsince67 | 07/05/09

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