I use library computers that block STMP. Is there a way around the block. For instance I can get around the blocked web pages by using Tor Park.
Are common webmail sites blocked like gmail and yahoomail?
Webmail pages persay are not blocked. But I can’t use an email program in my new USB Drive.
Your question is best asked of the library. Asking folks here how to get around a local library policy is akin to asking folks here how to break the law for your benefit. And that’s prohinited by the SDMB board rules.
That’s SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
The easiest way to block it would be to block TCP port 25 on the firewall. I rather doubt they’ll open the port just for one user.
The issue is probably not the SMTP port. The issue is either the system not letting programs run off of the USB connection (probably a good idea) or the system blocking the POP port – port 110. As Duckster says, asking how to circumvent your library’s computer security system is against board rules.
They probably don’t block POP - it’s a client protocol, but they will block SMTP - they don’t want a library PC being used to send spam. You may be able to configure your Mail Client to use the MSA port, 587, which uses authenticated SMTP to send mail via your email provider. This is a documented protocol and is being used more often, as ISPs block SMTP connections from residential addresses. I don’t see this as a circumvention - it is just a protocol that is fairly new and not well known about. If you can pick up mail and not send, this is probably the case.
Using TorPark to bypass the libraries filtering is almost certainly a violation of the usage agreement. Running applications not installed on the computer may also violate the usage agreement. YMMV.
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Whether it violates the library’s rules or not, it certainly violates the spirit if not the letter of our rules.
Closed.
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