Posts by fatbstrd 3 publicly visible posts • joined 23 Aug 2011
BT Connect still accepts connections on port 25 and they supply port 587 as a fallback just in case the ISP you are using has blocked port 25.
Many ISPs block port 25 in an attempt to thwart home users using SMTP to send spam. I suspect this might have been the problem you were experiencing - I've run into it many times.
If it's not in their help pages it should be though.
I deliberately didn't get into figures because I don't have the facts to hand. You say the money allocated to Scotland would be reduced if the Barnett Formula was applied? Fair enough. Please post your sources - I'm keen to see some facts among the flamebait.
Talking of which, where in my post did I say the Barnett Formula was used to divide this money up? I didn't, my point was not about more money or less money but it was about the judgemental tone of the article. Still, reading comprehension is not commonly a strong point among anonymous internet cowards.
"Scotland contributes a little more than 8 per cent of UK revenues according to the latest figures. The £68.8m that Hunt assigned represented just under 13 per cent of the total £530m available, a fifty per cent markup on what the Scots should have got on a pro rata basis."
Are you saying that the money should be divided on a pro-rata basis? Well, that may be your opinion but the fact is it is not, and hasn't been for some time. Anybody who is interested in the reasons why not may find out more by reading about the Barnett Formula.
It would be more accurate to say (leaving aside the questionable grammar) "a fifty per cent markup on what the Scots would have got on a pro rata basis".
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