Port 25 Blocked For Incoming Mail

I run my own mail server on a Linux box so that I can filter the 2,000+
junk emails that flood in every day and only physically download the 20
or so genuine ones. I have some very sophisiticated filters in place
that do exactly what I want, HOWEVER having switched from Comcast Cable
to Bellsouth DSL I now have Port 25 blocked on my inbound mail, so my
mail server cannot receive anything.

I am wondering if I switched back to having the mail delivered to the
domain hosting company (normal for most hosted web sites), if there was
a way to get that mail either forwarded to my mail server on a
different port, or to pull it down into my mail server somehow.

Right now a friend is running a backup mail server for me and then
pumping the mail down to me, but he is soon going to be moving, and he
also cannot get a fixed IP, so that every few months we have to change
the DNS.

The mail is all personal - it's not business, but the amount of junk
coming in is horrendous.
Bellsouth want an extra $100 a month for a business account, which is a
lot of money just to be able to handle my own mail...

Any thoughts on how I might be able to achieve this without having to
pay a small fortune?

Thanks in advance...

Re: Port 25 Blocked For Incoming Mail

"Poddys" wrote in message
news:1158007571.164485.122220@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com

> I am wondering if I switched back to having the mail delivered to the
> domain hosting company (normal for most hosted web sites), if there
> was a way to get that mail either forwarded to my mail server on a
> different port, or to pull it down into my mail server somehow.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/fetchmail/

Re: Port 25 Blocked For Incoming Mail

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Poddys wrote:

P> I am wondering if I switched back to having the mail delivered to the
P> domain hosting company (normal for most hosted web sites), if there was
P> a way to get that mail either forwarded to my mail server on a
P> different port, or to pull it down into my mail server somehow.
P>

Fetchmail will pull it from, for example, a pop account

P> Any thoughts on how I might be able to achieve this without having to
P> pay a small fortune?
P>

You really need to get an internet connection.

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Re: Port 25 Blocked For Incoming Mail

Well, I can either use BellSouth as now - I get a fixed IP but Port 25
blocked, or I can use Comcast, Port 25 open (for now at least) but no
Fixed IP. Not a lot of choice unless I pay for a business account...

I only need Port 25 open for inbound mail - I don't have problems
sending out through BellSouth own mail server, just can't receive
through my own...

Am investigation Fetchmail - thanks for the hint.

Are there any FREE hosting companies out there still?
I have a handful of domains that I host.
The web sites only have a homepage, but I do use email on these
domains, very low volume (less than 10 emails a day).
Unless I get these hosted elsewhere I will still have the same problem
with them.


Alan Clifford wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Poddys wrote:
>
> P> I am wondering if I switched back to having the mail delivered to the
> P> domain hosting company (normal for most hosted web sites), if there was
> P> a way to get that mail either forwarded to my mail server on a
> P> different port, or to pull it down into my mail server somehow.
> P>
>
> Fetchmail will pull it from, for example, a pop account
>
> P> Any thoughts on how I might be able to achieve this without having to
> P> pay a small fortune?
> P>
>
> You really need to get an internet connection.
>
> --
> Alan
>
> ( If replying by mail, please note that all "sardines" are canned.
> There is also a password autoresponder but, unless this a very
> old message, a "tuna" will swim right through. )

Re: Port 25 Blocked For Incoming Mail

"Poddys" wrote:

>Well, I can either use BellSouth as now - I get a fixed IP but Port 25
>blocked, or I can use Comcast, Port 25 open (for now at least) but no
>Fixed IP. Not a lot of choice unless I pay for a business account...
You may find ZoneEdit useful. It will keep track of
a varying IP address with the aid of software on your server or built
in to many routers (e.g. my D-Link 624S).
>
>I only need Port 25 open for inbound mail - I don't have problems
>sending out through BellSouth own mail server, just can't receive
>through my own...
>
>Am investigation Fetchmail - thanks for the hint.
>
>Are there any FREE hosting companies out there still?
>I have a handful of domains that I host.
>The web sites only have a homepage, but I do use email on these
>domains, very low volume (less than 10 emails a day).
>Unless I get these hosted elsewhere I will still have the same problem
>with them.
If you don't like the above use of ZoneEdit you could use it to web
and/or mail forward these sites. The web forward allows you to use a
anybody's web space to host a page and ZoneEdit does the cloaking so
the URL in the browser shows your domain name.

ZoneEdit is free for up to five sites and is cheap for extra services
(e.g. a backup mail server :) ).

Re: Port 25 Blocked For Incoming Mail

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Poddys wrote:

P> Well, I can either use BellSouth as now - I get a fixed IP but Port 25
P> blocked, or I can use Comcast, Port 25 open (for now at least) but no
P> Fixed IP. Not a lot of choice unless I pay for a business account...
P>

The people that do my dns have a dynamic ip service
http://xname.org/dynamic-update.php?language=en

Might be worth looking at. I've been using xname for, well it must be
years now, but never the dynamic stuff.

P> Are there any FREE hosting companies out there still?

pages.google.com perhaps? If you go the mail web redirect route as
mentioned by someone else, then no doubt you could redirect to the google
site. I'd use mail redirecting as a last resort though. I've just had a
look at mydomain.com whom I used to use for mail redirecting years ago and
they are still having the same problems they had then - their mail
forwarding servers are blocked by Comcast at the moment.

--
Alan

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