[RndTbl] Shaw blocking port 25 on business line
Gerald Brandt
gbr at majentis.com
Wed Feb 5 09:39:58 CST 2020
On 2020-02-04 9:51 p.m., Adam Thompson wrote:
>
> On 2020-02-04 21:04, Gerald Brandt wrote:
>
>> Of course I've tried to get new IPs. I've had nothing but resistance.
>> I've made another attempt today, so now I wait for a response.
>
>
> Unfortunately, Hartmut is right in this regard. Trying will not solve
> your problem, only succeeding will. Until you succeed at that, I
> strongly recommend you route all outbound mail through a proxy or
> relay server, because otherwise you will be wasting your time.
>
Which I am doing, over port 26 to my SMTP server in Montreal.
> The only option I know of is to reach Shaw's retention team; just like
> cell carriers, the retention team is the only group actually empowered
> to fix things for you. In this case, I suggest you /*ahem*/ relent if
> they send a business tech out to your site, who demonstrates before
> leaving that you have a static IP, DHCP is disabled, *reverse DNS is
> set (correctly)*, and you can once again send email.
>
I have no problem having a tech in here. When they lost my multihome
config, I had a tech on-site for 4.5 hours before it was resolved.
Reverse DNS is correct, DHCP is disabled... Shaw sees me pulling my
"static" IPs.
>
> MTS also has business service, and if sending email is your main use
> case, their business DSL service is probably good enough. So you call
> Shaw, tell them you're switching to MTS because Shaw has consistently
> failed to address your problem. And if they say "OK, have fun with
> MTS", switch. You literally can't get any worse off than you are
> right now.
>
> And if you have the same problem with MTS (which you almost can't
> because YOU aren't in control of your IP address, they are, ergo you
> can't really get it wrong) then... um... there's only one common
> element remaining...
>
> SMTP email pretty much requires a specialist nowadays. If you haven't
> devoted, eh, let's say 10yrs (cumulatively, assuming standard working
> hours) of your life to managing and running public SMTP servers, I'd
> estimate >50% odds that the problem somehow, somewhere, lies on your
> end. Maybe the proximate problem is Shaw, but I've never had problems
> like you're describing with getting their business service to do the
> right thing.
>
I've been running public facing SMTP servers for 15 years, at least,
using sendmail and now postfix. I'm no expert, but I'm not a newbie. The
only change on my end was moving from VOI to Shaw. The fact that I can't
telnet to any outside SMTP server removes any mistakes I may have made
on my end anyway, since it doesn't involve the SMTP server.
> If you continue to have problems, there's a small chance I might be
> able get your complaint routed to someone capable within Shaw; email
> me directly if you want to try that before threatening to leave them.
>
Thank you for the offer! I may have to take you up on that.
>
> Also, maybe tell us what the router is, and what the SMTP server is -
> I don't think we know those details yet. Although ESR is a walking
> dumpster fire, this article of his remains relevant (albeit tone-deaf)
> today: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
I'm running postfix as the SMTP... it's part of my Univention Active
Directory Server. This email server has been running for two years, with
no changes. I run OPNSense as my firewall/router.
>
> -Adam
>
>
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