I need a funny reply

[DuVeL]

Okay, here's the story in short;
From my apartments governing board we're suposed to get emails and such but me and all the others don't seem to receive them.
The guy who sends them has an hotmail-account as have I.
The other day I wrote an email to the board that we didn't receive emails and such and 1 of the board replied with this;
 
Hi Pete,
I've heard of more problems of hotmailadresses receiving emails.
The cause is probably port 25 as I've been told ("spam-port").
Use another port for receiving mail. Google for it....
 
So guys, I need a reply like I know my computerstuff and with what I can diss him with.
Best reply gets a pint at next LAN.
 
I was thinking of something like this;
It could be your port 25 I reckon which wont let it go through, another thing that could help is opening your "Windows"

[BigFatCat]

Yes, SMTP is known 1337 hax. Maybe it stands for SpaMTraP?

Tell him you've opened ports 143, for IMAP, 110 and 995 for POP3, and port 80 for RPC over HTTP. And 25 and 465, 102, 135.

Tell them you're using an Intel Gigabit NIC, without a cable so it's more secure and flexible.

If they ask what version of Windows you're using, you can say they're double glazed.

[DuVeL]

:lmfao: Me likes, pint anyway at the LAN for you.
 
Must say, I'm awaiting a really good one from Benny...

[Zootoxin]

I want a pint at the LAN:cheers:

[DuVeL]

I want a pint at the LAN:cheers:

Your quest is posted above.
As said, pint for the best reply but BFC was my neighbour last LAN. Was a good laugh with him so...

[Carr0t]

The guy who sends them has an hotmail-account as have I.

I'm sorry, are you saying here that he's sending stuff from his hotmail account to yours, hotmail being a web-based mail client so the port 25 etc mail traffic never comes anywhere near your own network, you just see what's on the server via standard http traffic, and he's trying to blame you blocking the standard mail ports for the mail not getting through?

:blink:

Or can you connect to hotmail and pull your mail to a local client like Outlook or similar? (If so I was unaware of it). Still, if you're getting *any* other mail that way, and just not his, it can't be a problem with you blocking ports.

*Anything* to hotmail, if it's not getting through ever and other mails are then chances are it's his ends fault, not yours, as any bug such as this on the hotmail servers would result in many thousands of users having an issue.

If he's having an issue sending to lots of different hotmail accounts, and he's sending from his own mail server rather than his hotmail address, then the first thing i'd suggest is: Make sure his server has a reverse DNS entry set up (IP -> hostname, as opposed to vice versa). Hotmail silently drops all mail from servers without a valid reverse DNS, as they're *normally* whored machines/spambots on dynamic ADSL addresses. I'm sure i've mentioned that before on these forums, cos it took me ages to work out when it was causing me hassle.

[DuVeL]

I'm sorry, are you saying here that he's sending stuff from his hotmail account to yours, hotmail being a web-based mail client so the port 25 etc mail traffic never comes anywhere near your own network, you just see what's on the server via standard http traffic, and he's trying to blame you blocking the standard mail ports for the mail not getting through?
 
:blink:

Correct, that's why I lol'd last night when reading his email...And it got to me! :roflmao:

[Anonymous]

Tell him that you have asked Hotmail to change the port number that their server runs on but they refused. In the meantime you will continue to use the old fashioned method of Port 80 for webmail - port 80 is much slower than port 25 and if they ran the whole internet on port 25 it would be great - really fast, no more slow web pages

Ask him nicely if he has any other suggestions.

[BigFatCat]

Solve it the old fashioned way: A nice lump of 2x2 normally gets the message across.

[Jamoe]

did u check the spam folder? :narnar:

[DuVeL]

did u check the spam folder? :narnar:

No beer for Jamoe next LAN then...:devil:
AND no christmascard!

[Browne]

Just tell him Benny's on his way? with Fat Cats 2 x 2

[Jamoe]

Just tell him Benny's on his way? with Fat Cats 2 x 2

pfft, rather have Benny's 3x12.

Anyway, my previous comment was half serious, as I always find legit emails in the spam folder with hotmail. Although I guessed you would have checked that already, hence the smilie .

Have you sent a reply yet?

[Carr0t]

Tell him that you have asked Hotmail to change the port number that their server runs on but they refused.

I second this one :devil:

[Luminance]

I second this one :devil:

Me too, that was funny