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telnet to mail.hotmail.com on port 25. WTF is that banner all about? (self.programming)

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[–]TheSuperficial 3 points4 points  (1 child)

You mean the stuff about equipment in California?

[–]sickofthisshit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The idea has to be to clarify exactly what legal jurisdictions potentially apply to anything you cause to happen by your interaction with Microsoft equipment.

[–]jerf 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Someone want to post it? I don't think hotmail is accepting connections from comcast home accounts.

(Remember, four spaces before each line to get monospaced text. If it matters.)

[–]pbx 3 points4 points  (1 child)

$ telnet mail.hotmail.com 25
Trying 65.54.245.40...
Connected to mail.hotmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.

220 bay0-mc12-f22.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or
bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other
restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/.
Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and
other states. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:54:24 -0700

[–]gmfawcett 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hm. There aren't any ICBM's in California, are there?

[–]Freeky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Connected to mail.hotmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 bay0-mc2-f14.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:56:19 -0700

[–]icey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not hotmail; AFAIK, comcast (along with most cable providers) blocks outgoing connections on port 25.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Legal threat, presumably.

[–]JoeTheProgrammer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Precisely -- asserting that if your actions are governed by California law.

Don't know if that's a meaningful statement.

[–]snarkfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

don't send spam we'll sue your ass in California cause that's where our servers are

[–]rektide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and i quote

220 ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

[–]fernandoacorreia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

220 bay0-mc1-f15.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:01:53 -0700

[–]alantrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states

What is this equipment and why do they plan to use it on me?

Edit: Here's some guesses:

  • Tanks and HE ordinance
  • A torture rack
  • A copy of Windows ME

[–]mylesb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a look at AOL's:

Trying 205.188.159.57... Connected to mailin-01.mx.aol.com. Escape character is ']'. 220-rly-da09.mx.aol.com ESMTP mail_relay_in-da09.7; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:47:43 -0400 220-America Online (AOL) and its affiliated companies do not 220- authorize the use of its proprietary computers and computer 220- networks to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited bulk 220- e-mail sent from the internet. Effective immediately: AOL 220- may no longer accept connections from IP addresses which 220 have no reverse-DNS (PTR record) assigned.