[COLUG] Dry Loop DSL

[Duane]

Robert Grimm wrote:
> AT&T was forced to make naked DSL available everywhere as a condition of
> their acquisition of Bell South. I don't know if it works differently
> from regular DSL, but I suspect it is the same so you can easily switch
> to regular DSL when they manage to convince you to get a phone line.
> 
> I'm not trying to host my own mail at home. I'm trying to send mail
> through other SMTP servers besides the ones owned by the ISP. My company
> has a mail host that I use for all business mail. I also use Google's
> SMTP servers without using their web client.

SMTPS port 465 and I'm yet to see anywhere that blocks port 25 block 465
also. No need for ssh port forwards because most mail software supports
it or use stunnel, simply load the host or root certificate into the
mail prog if it isn't already to prevent the pop-ups and off you go.

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