Re: Re: Connection Refused
  By: Nightfox to MRO on Thu Mar 02 2023 03:45 pm

 >  >> I hope not. It's bad enough having ISPs blanket-block SMTP, if they
 >  >> start blocking telnet that would really suck.
 >
 >  MR> i can understand why they would block it. if you have residential
 >
 >  MR> you
 >  MR> should not be running servers.
 >
 > Why is that?  Running a BBS is just a hobby for us, and our BBS is
 > technically a server.

because what you are buying isnt intended to be used in that way.
that's why some isps block ports.  that's why most of the residential ips are
on spam block lists. so you cant spam people by running an email SERVER at home.

i had some clown [foxriver.net] report me as a spammer when he signed up for my email mailing list.  my isp investigated me and saw that i wasn't running anything commercial so they flagged my account as being okay.

not only THAT, but what he reported was on a commercial hosted server. i had an unrelated bbs running at home.

anyways,  if you are running a server you probably should buy business internet access.

that's the way it is.

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