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Index of Subjects Hi Dwayne. On a Chebucto Plus connection to the internet your SMTP server would be smtp.chebucto.ns.ca Port 25 No username is required and you can select TLS encryption. Dwayne Abrey wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks, > > Our outgoing SMTP setting is mail.chebucto.ns.ca, port 25, user name > abrey. Is this correct? > > Thanks again, > > Dwayne > > > > CCN Help wrote: > >>Hi Dwayne, >> >> This was done years ago to close spam relays. >> >> To prevent junkmailers from appearing as legitimate CCN emailers and >>abusing our mail system, the SMTP entry of your system _must_ be set to >>your ISP address and not to: chebucto.ns.ca. Mail sent to offsite >>addresses through the SMTP server will be bounced or denied. Send your >>replies from your ISP address from now on. >> >> The reason for this action is that spammers (junk-mailers) have, in >>the past, used CCN's mail server to send their junk email by directly >>connecting to the SMTP server. This has led to two problems: >> >> 1. CCN's response time for legitimate users was slowed down or, in >> a few cases, cut off completely due to the overload on the >> system. CCN has crashed completely in more than one instance >> due to the overload. >> >> 2. Other Internet providers who were upset at getting junk email >> relayed through CCN's servers were threatening to cut CCN off >> completely from sending any email to their servers. >> >> Closing CCN's SMTP server from outside access for relaying was a >>necessity. Unfortunately, there is no way to do it selectively as >>there is no way for the SMTP protocol to distinguish between a >>legitimate user and a spammer. >> >>CCN Help >> >>----------------- >> >>On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Dwayne Abrey wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi we have been getting this message when we try to a e-mail with an >>>attachment. Your help would be appreciated . >>> >>> >> >> >> >>
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