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   Daniel70 to J. P. Gilliver   
   Re: Do ISPs block port 25?   
   24 Feb 26 21:24:53   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.software.thunderbird   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 24/02/2026 11:45 am, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2026/2/23 16:18:52, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > []   
   >> Ah yes, trying to use a different email provider than the one your ISP (not)   
   >> offers is *ofcourse* naughty.   
   > []   
   > My ISP is in the process of outsourcing all its email provision, but   
   > AFAIK are not obliging their users to use their chosen provider (someone   
   > posted details - I think here was included - recently of some service   
   > who provide something for $30 a month); Also, my hosting provider I'm   
   > pretty sure offers email handling, and I doubt my ISP would object if I   
   > used that. Then there is gmail of course.   
   >   
   Not eMail but similar .... back in about 2000, my then ISP stopped   
   carrying UseNet because the Australian Federal Police had seized another   
   ISP's servers because that ISP had been carrying UseNet groups   
   concerning Child-Porn .... and my ISP was worried that his Server might   
   just have gotten caught up in the sweep.   
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   Daniel70   
      
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