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LPCaillouet
New Contributor
2 years ago

Cox SMTP Access Blocked for Vacation Home IP Address

Cox is the ISP at home in Louisiana.  On Cox WiFi there, I am successful in using either Microsoft Outlook on my Windows 10 laptop or Mail on my iOS 15.7 iPhone (with cellular data either on or off) ...
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LPCaillouet
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Yes, my IP address is on a blacklist.  I knew that already.  It has been blacklisted ever since Suddenlink (now Optimum) installed it.  How do I get off?

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Darkatt
Honored Contributor
2 years ago

It depends on the blacklist, If it's on the SORBS, ignore it, everyone else does. Sorbs is useless. Another blacklist simply prevents you from running a mailserver from that IP address, but doesn't impact sending mail through a legitimate mailserver, so it really does depend ON the black list you are on.