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freitasm: Just received:
An additional encryption setting called ‘Secure Sockets Layer’ (or ‘SSL’), will soon be the new standard default connection for all Yahoo Xtra mail accounts and Telecom will be assisting users who access the service via a ‘third party’ email client, such as Microsoft Outlook for PCs or Android for mobiles, to update their settings.
Tivo upgrades to operate with the new OzTivo EPG, support and service. Over 400 performed here so far. See: www.hillcrest.net.nz
plambrechtsen: Just a heads up on the SSL change folks.
This is related to Telecom's desire to shutdown smtp.xtra.co.nz which has a cleartext SMTP port 25 that Telecom customers can use to send outbound SMTP email.
Telecom are going and proactively engaging customers saying we are switching off the cleartext port and moving to pure SSL only through an authenticated connection.
This has nothing to do with a SPF or DKIM or further spam protection on the xtra.co.nz domain. Those are being investigated but I can't comment further on that.
Tivo upgrades to operate with the new OzTivo EPG, support and service. Over 400 performed here so far. See: www.hillcrest.net.nz
richms: No those people should be using their mail providers servers for sending out not telecom or yahoos server.
Good idea, but I do know a lot of Telecom broadband customers who rely on smtp.xtra.co.nz to send email out from their "non-xtra" accounts. Those people will need to authorise those accounts by adding them to their Yahoo/Xtra accounts before they can use send.xtra.co.nz SSL/465, a process that Joe Public often has difficulty with.
richms: No those people should be using their mail providers servers for sending out not telecom or yahoos server.
Tivo upgrades to operate with the new OzTivo EPG, support and service. Over 400 performed here so far. See: www.hillcrest.net.nz
richms: if your mail provider is too inept to allow ssl authenticated smtp on an alternate port.
Spong It will piss a lot of people off for sure.Yes you can take that to the bank. Me for one.
Allanhall:The only port telecom block is port 25, and you can request for this to be unblocked if you wish, it's about a if you have a legitimate use for having port 25 unblocked they'll do it, heres a link: http://help.telecom.co.nz/app/answers/detail/a_id/1218 port 25 filtering is normal accross most ISP's nothing unusual here its a network protection issue, otherwise the ISP gets blocks of IP's on RBL's all over the place.richms: No those people should be using their mail providers servers for sending out not telecom or yahoos server.
If we are paying for Telecom as an ISP we are should be allowed to use this service. They are already blocking a range of ports that our host uses for SMTP. Which is why we do use SMTP.xtra.co.nz on a range of our machines.
This is painful news to me.Good idea, but I do know a lot of Telecom broadband customers who rely on smtp.xtra.co.nz to send email out from their "non-xtra" accounts. Those people will need to authorise those accounts by adding them to their Yahoo/Xtra accounts before they can use send.xtra.co.nz SSL/465, a process that Joe Public often has difficulty with.
Sorry I think that this is not a good idea. I NEVER use my Yahoo/Xtra accounts now we have to login to this unsecure accounts and actually use them.
Can anybody from Telecom clarify this? I was about to sign up to a 2 year VDSL contract and if SMTP is not longer a service without jumping through hoops.
Ok I can see I am going to get fried for this post.
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