On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 01:39:43PM -0500, patrick john mahoney wrote: > I am having problems connecting to my college's smtp server > (students.uiuc.edu) with postfix. The smtp server says "not an open > relay". I can, however, use spruce (gtk+ email client) to connect to the > smtp server. > > In the mail headers, the postfix mail has this line: > > Received: from carrera.localdomain ([EMAIL PROTECTED] > [130.126.169.142]) > by relay1.cso.uiuc.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e7LD6eb11661 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:06:41 -0500 (CDT) > > > The same line in the spruce mail looks like this: > > Received: from carrera (pbd1309.urh.uiuc.edu [130.126.169.142]) > by ux8.cso.uiuc.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id e7LDHck16446 > for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:17:39 -0500 (CDT) > > > The postfix uses [EMAIL PROTECTED] while the spruce does not. > Is this the problem? How do I fix it, or what is the real problem? > > I use dhcp and don't have a static IP nor can I get a domain name.
Well, instead of fixing the problem, I installed exim and it works. The headers are the same as spruce's (from carrera (phbd1309...)). Hmm... Thanks for helping everyone. > Thanks. > > -- > Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
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