All, I finally figured out my main problem, thanks to everyone. This sendmail faq describes the issue:
http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section5.html#5.3.1.3 thanks to all for your help. jim On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:26:49 +0100, Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:14 PM -0500 2005-02-18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Well, I do have a dyndns hostname, just not a static IP. Are you > > saying there's absolutely no way to host a MTA from a host with a > > dynamic IP? > > No, that's certainly technically possible. But there may be > additional limitations placed on you by your ISP. They may block > incoming and/or outgoing connections on port 25, which would prevent > you from doing what might otherwise be technically possible. > > -- > Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little > temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." > > -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania > Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 > > SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info. > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp