> OK Tim, > Believe the router is a "gateway" router. Maybe not. How would I know? > From my LAN's perspective, I am treating it as my "gateway." All my > clients have > the router's IP addy as their "gateway" on the tcp/ip tab.
It more than likely is a gateway router. Most are. > Q1: I use Eudora. BellSouth seems to be dead to Eudora. A faq lists these > "email clients": > Netscape 4.0, 4.5 to 4.77, 6 or 7 > Outlook Express > Outlook 97/98/2K/2K2 > Hmm......... But, later on (more faqs) I find a setup procedure for Mozilla > Thunderbird. > So, all you TBird users, please advise. I do like/own Eudora (v5.1.1) and > would like to > continue unless it really is dead. Current plan is to use the Mozy setup > once the channel > goes hot and see what happens. Easy to fix. Just use the Pop and SMPT information they use on Outlook to the other programs. I use Outlook now because I put client/friends info and make appointments within Outlook. > Q2: Seems the Bellsouth blocks/filters port 25. Believe this is PoPmail > port. Can I switch > Eudora to IMAP and truck on with Bellsouth? Most Internet providers do this. I have problems sending mail via my work address. I just use my home address to send it with a reply-to my Work Address. > Q3: Bellsouth uses the same server (mail.bellsouth.net) for both inbound > and outbound mail. > Is this normal? I do know that they seem to have extensive spam, junk, > etc, filtering. Perhaps > this is a good thing..... :) In most cases it's the norm. I have seen it like a lot. > So I check out the "news" server for Bellsouth and find that it is: > (should I choose to do Opera or Agent!) > nxdomain.guide.opendns.com 208.69.32.130 > and the server is in San Francisco, CA. > Q4: What's up with this? Are the "news" channels still as polluted as they > were in 1999? Oh! Ya they are polluted with spam and pron like in those days. > So far, so good. Believe my due diligence is as complete as possible. For now. > I'm off to check out Mozilla TBird...... t-Bird is pretty good. I did not stick with it due to the fact the usage of Outlook in my work place.
