From: BitTwister@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On Sun, 20 May 2012 16:24:26 -0700 (PDT), Warren wrote:   
   > On Friday, May 18, 2012 7:20:17 PM UTC-6, Warren wrote:   
   >> Answering my own question here, my ISP's tech support just told me   
   >>that on dynamic IP accounts like mine they block *all* ports. If I   
   >>want even one port open I need to upgrade to a static IP.   
      
   >  Now that I think about it, there's something I don't get. They   
   >claim to block *all* ports, yet my mail client uses ports 465 and 993   
   >to send and receive without trouble. What am I not understanding   
   >here?   
      
   I thought it strange that they would be blocking all inbound   
   connection attempts. You sending email would be an outgoing connection.   
   As for reading email that would be an outbound connection to their   
   server.   
      
   I just assumed your ISP configured your router to block inbound   
   connections just like my ISP configured my router to drop inbound   
   connection attempts.   
      
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