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Server moved

2006/02/18 filed under /personal

As announced before, I moved my server (temporarily) to a new location. The whole process had a few problems (as usual).

The first problem I encountered was a b0rked router. The old crappy device I had left wasn't functioning too good, so I had to buy a new one. The new one luckily showed no problems (so far).

The second problem was worse. The ISP seems to be blocking port 25 (incoming; why not outgoing?!). Luckily I have a root account on another server, so a mail relay was easily added. Not too nice, but hey, mail arrives again :-)

If I remember correctly, I'm not allowed to run daemons on the line that I use now, so hopefully it all will last for the time being.

Posted by: B10m | permanent link | comments (5)

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YorHel wrote at 2006-02-19 22:17:

As far as I know, all Dutch ISPs except XS4all and Demon.nl block port 25. Luckily, my domain name registrar has a relay option. :)

But ISPs disallowing daemons/servers are very rare, since most P2P software can also be considered daemons.

I see you are now using @home, which is definately the worst ISP I know, especially if you want a static ip. (@home changes your IP from time to time)

B10m wrote at 2006-02-20 08:41:

I know @home sucks, but it's "good enough" for my parents' needs. Hopefully the IP won't change for the few days the server remains there ;-)

Brian wrote at 2006-02-20 12:55:

I don't understand why so many ISPs have rules against running daemons on residential accounts. Actually, I kind of do in that 99% of residential accounts aren't owned by someone who know what a daemon is.

My ISP will let you run daemons if you buy a commercial account. So, I'd have to pay twice the price for half the speed to buy a commericial account to run a personal (not making any money) website.

B10m wrote at 2006-02-20 13:52:

I can see why ISPs limit port 25 outgoing to prevent spam zombie machines, yet why the hell would they block port 25 incoming? Accepting emails IMHO takes less bandwidth than refreshing your hotmail.com website a million times a day...

Oh well, here in .nl, most ISPs I have seen do not seem to block ports on ADSL accounts, most cable internet ISPs do block and disallow daemons to be running though, which makes it easier to pick your prefered way of connecting ;-)

YorHel wrote at 2006-02-21 22:43:

Port 25 incoming is usually blocked because there are lots of virusses and spyware which create a open relay servers, and other software/bots/whatever may use it to send spam, using your computer. Just accepting e-mail is not a reason to block it. :)

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