[Wolves] Freeserve port 25

[Ron Wellsted]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Old Dan wrote:

> Jon Farmer wrote:
> >>220 tmailt1.svr.pol.co.uk ESMTP Exim 4.14 Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:48:12 +0100
> >>
> >>Methinks they have.  Good-o.  :)
> >
> > well tmailt1.svr.pol.co.uk is Freeserve!!!
> Ah.  So it is.
>
> D'oh.
>
> But I *am* connecting to my own machine, because when I connect to it
> from here I get:
> 220 debian.dannyboy.dnsalias.org ESMTP Exim 3.36 #1 Thu, 18 Sep 2003
> 15:45:24 +0100
>
> ...which isn't them, right?  Or are they doing that 'MX ha ha fooled ya'
> trick I have alcohol-ridden vague memories of?
>
> /me is considering switching ISPs as we speak...
>

They only intercept/proxy port 25 traffic that leaves their network, so
attempts to contact our server should not get intercepted.

Your test confirms they are still pulling the same trick.

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Ron Wellsted
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