Now the motherfuckers at Comcast are blocking port 110!!!!

Now the motherfuckers at Comcast are blocking port 110!!!!
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Now the motherfuckers at Comcast are blocking port 110!!!! Borked Pseudo Mailed 08-14-2007
Posted by ArtDent on August 15, 2007, 2:17 pm
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> Any clue why they would block 110?

Spambots

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Parts are missing.

Posted by Juergen Nieveler on August 15, 2007, 2:34 pm
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>> Any clue why they would block 110?
>
> Spambots

Spambots and cluelessnes, then... ;-)

Juergen Nieveler
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Posted by Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers on August 15, 2007, 2:43 pm
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>> Any clue why they would block 110?
>
> Spambots

Why would spambots care about POP3 servers?

cu
59cobalt
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their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
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Posted by Juergen Nieveler on August 16, 2007, 2:51 am
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>>> Any clue why they would block 110?
>>
>> Spambots
>
> Why would spambots care about POP3 servers?

Spambots don't. Clueless ISPs do - after all, Spambots are
Email-related, POP3 is Email-related, so blocking POP3 will block the
spambots.

Juergen Nieveler
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famous last words: .....I take the BLUE wire!

Posted by Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers on August 16, 2007, 9:52 am
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>>>> Any clue why they would block 110?
>>>
>>> Spambots
>>
>> Why would spambots care about POP3 servers?
>
> Spambots don't. Clueless ISPs do - after all, Spambots are
> Email-related, POP3 is Email-related, so blocking POP3 will block the
> spambots.

You owe my table a new edge.

cu
59cobalt
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"If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
--Mark Russinovich

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