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***glc*** · 08-09-2007, 09:27 AM

When you are using Yahoo or Hotmail, logging in using a web browser, you are not using POP/SMTP, you are using HTTP mail.

Comcast also blocks port 25 to stop use of 3rd party SMTP. Most US ISP's do to make it harder for spammers.

08-09-2007, 09:27 AM	#10
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,707	When you are using Yahoo or Hotmail, logging in using a web browser, you are not using POP/SMTP, you are using HTTP mail. Comcast also blocks port 25 to stop use of 3rd party SMTP. Most US ISP's do to make it harder for spammers.