On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 07:15 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan writes:
> > To me disallowing running servers is pretty close to the issue of
> > net-neutrality, so I prefer to stay away from such ISPs.
>
> It isn't usually the customer who is running a server: he doesn't know
> what it is. It's the botnet herder who controls the machine that runs
> the servers. As long as most end-user machines are running Windows and
> therefor probably running bots blocking ports is necessary.
... for windoze users you should have said, and providers usually
don't care about the minority users like us, that know what they are
doing.
Moreover, if you are in control (or drink some beer with the admin) of
the box acting as your MX, an ISP blocking port 25 is no major
problem.
Siggy
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