Subj : Sage
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sun Apr 24 2016 20:00:06


24 Apr 16 15:37, you wrote to me:

 TK>>>> "Just today I received my T-Shirt from Hurricane Electric."

 MV>>> Almost three month ago...

 TK>> Well, 3+12. Time flies. :)

 MV> Oops.., ;-)

Indeed. ;-)

 TK>> When I got the HE account not so many years ago, I noticed that they
 TK>> blocked port 25. I was told that I must be sage to get it opened. So I
 TK>> did. ;)

 MV> Rumour has it that they also block IRC if you are not a a sage. I wonder
 MV> what else they block. I can have some sympathy for blocking port 25. If you
 MV> do not know what you are doing, you might become an accomplice in spreading
 MV> spam. It is a good incentive. But IRC?

I can understand the blocking of dns and smtp, but I cannot understand if isp's don't unblock by request. The way of HE is very ok. :)

IRC may be used for anything nasty, spambots etc.

'Tommi

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