[CLUE-Tech] Comcast question

[Don Collier]

I do have my own domain which is why I want to keep my servers.  My 
current provider has become almost unusable and is way past unreliable.  
I would look into DSL but they only offer the 128k service in my 
neighborhood and that is just not very acceptable for work use. 

I am afraid that I don't totally agree with being guilty by association 
using Comcast.  For some people that is the only option.  As long as we 
can do our part preventing spam and trying to educate others we are not 
part of the problem, but part of the solution. 

I do thank you for your advice though.

Don

Todd Williams wrote:

> Don Collier wrote:
>
>> Hello all.  I am thinking of droping my current provider and moving 
>> to comcast as my isp.  Do any of you have your own mail or web 
>> servers running with Comcast or do they block access to those ports.  
>> My servers are strictly for my family only so I dont want to shell 
>> out the extra cash for business access.  Just curious to see if I 
>> have to find a new host for my email. 
>
>
> Running a mail server in comcast space won't be a happy experience.  Many
> places block them, some by domain, some due to various blacklistings.
> They have justly earned their reputation as one of the largest spam 
> sources
> on the net, and paying them makes you a collaborator in the spamming.
> Be aware of the reputation of your provider before you sign up.
> If they are part of the problem, then you will be cast in the same light.
> If they get blacklisted, it is not the fault of the people who reject
> your email.  It is the fault of your provider for forcing the costs of
> their incompetence (willful or not) onto the rest of the net.
> Those who reject your email are doing what they can to protect their
> networks from the massive denial of service attack on smtp originating
> from comcast network.  Comcast's response to massive blacklisting has
> been to stick a bandaid on a few of the problems, issue a few press
> releases, and tell everyone else to f-off and take it.  Based on their
> attitude, it is obvious that the problem will go away when their flow
> of funds dries up.  So - if you are paying comcast, you are the problem.
> You can complain to comcast, but they don't care as long as you pay your
> bill.  Enjoy your ever-shrinking private internet.  The blacklistings
> will continue and escalate until they really clean up their mess.
> </rant>
>
> Before you sign up with comcast - do you have your own domain?
> Ask them if they will do proper reverse dns.
> Don't expect much email to go through from a *.client.comcast.net IP.
> Most cable companies do not allow servers for non-business accounts.
> All of the big cable companies suffer from some level of blacklisting.
>
> For what you need, you should look into DSL.  Register your own domain,
> run a small linux (of course) server off a DSL with proper DNS and rDNS,
> and you won't have any problems - just don't hang any unprotected windows
> boxes on the same line...
>
> Good luck.
>
> Todd Williams
>
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