[mythtv-users] Comcast vs. FIOS, ease of mythtv integration?

[Dean Collins]

Ridiculous.

These companies should be shot, I wouldn't mind so much except for their
quasi-monopolies.



Regards,

Dean Collins
Cognation Inc
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Eric Sharkey
> Sent: Friday, 9 July 2010 4:31 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Comcast vs. FIOS, ease of mythtv
integration?
> 
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>
wrote:
> > Brian Wood wrote:
> >
> >> Port 25 is often blocked by ISPs in order to make your machine(s)
> >> unattractive to spammers who might compromise you. If
> >> they can't send out spam from your connection, there is less reason
to
> >> target you.
> >
> > More accurately, if outbound connections to port 25 are blocked,
then
> > outbound spam will fail - so any ISP with a view to being a good
netizen
> > should be blocking it by default.
> 
> Comcast is blocking port 25 inbound, not outbound.  I was flagged for
> abuse for receiving email, not sending it.
> 
> Eric
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