Originally Posted by minusonebit

Yeah, its another example of how no problem is so great that it cant be overcome by charging a fee for another "service".

I have a decent reason as to why I need to use my own SMTP service: BECAUSE I FUCKING WANT TO. I buy the account, you provide the access. Its none of thier fucking business what I do with my access. If I do something illegal, then whoever has a claim against me can make it out in Court.

I spent hours on the phone yelling at a third level support rep about this when I had ISDN through a little ISP in Michigan. Finally, when I could see that I wasnt getting anywhere and then after I was done having fun with the poor slob I canceled the account and charged back three months of service. (I told them I'd be running my own mail servers when I signed up, they said that was fine since it was a dedicated commerical account).

Soultions for your issue:

1. Run on another port other than 25 or 2525 and change it each time they block it. Run it on port 2526 for starters.
2. Get a new ISP. Be sure to tell them why you are leaving.
3. Get a dedicated server for mail and run on Port 80. Let them block port 80.