Why does T-Mobile block Port 25 in its WiFi hotspots? Blocking Port 25 means that my mail program, Apple Mail, cannot deliver the email I write while I sit in airports and coffee shops, which is exactly why I pay $29.95 a month to T-Mobile! I have an EV-DO (otherwise known as Mobile Broadband) card from Sprint that I pay $60 a month for. And I can always deliver email with that card. So right now I am sitting in a T-Mobile hotspot at DFW and using the Sprint card to deliver my email. What, am I stupid for paying T-Mobile $30 a month or what?
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August 15, 2006
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Cake Widget
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Use port 587, the smtp "submission" port. Almost all current mail servers use this port as well, and almost no ISPs block it.
Posted by: Rusty Hodge | August 30, 2006 at 05:07 PM
Howdy Stew. I'm not sure if anyone has home phones anymore, but if you do, you're an ATT customer (formerly an SBC one)and you can get ATT Wifi for an extra $2 a month on your bill. Check out http://www.sbc.com/gen/general?
pid=5949&DCMP=att_attwifi
(the link gets separated so you'll have to cut and paste)
I couldn't stand T-Mobile so I lit up ATT Wifi and I love it. It is all over most airport terminals and many other places and it works great.
Posted by: gigi | October 02, 2006 at 04:53 PM