Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-21 Thread Uwe Thiem
On Thursday 20 January 2005 17:42, Nick Smith wrote: Let me see if I have this right: [SMTP_A] [COMCAST GW] [SMTP_B] And you are saying that SMTP_A can _receive_ email, but cannot _send_ email? that is correct, they are recieving mail on theirdomain.org and sending on

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-21 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 05:52:59AM +, Nick Smith wrote my ISP just started blocking smtp from any domain not theirs, as per a supervisor @ comcast they are blocking all mail sent from their clients that are running a mail server and their outgoing email address is not a comcast.net

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Ivan Yosifov
I am not a networking expert. If they are blocking smtp as a protocol - dont know. If they are blocking inbound/outbound traffic to/form port 25 - simply changing the port may work. You may also try to use ssmtp ( smtp over ssl ) which uses port 465 , not 25. If you do ssmtp over a nonstandard

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread James Hiscock
i don't think just changing the ports could work. ...and, based on what you say next, this wouldn't help anyway: the way we had it set up before was that the smtp address was just relaying through smtp.comcast.net, that is what they are blocking, they can receive mail fine but anything they

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Keith P Hassen
Nick Smith wrote: my ISP just started blocking smtp from any domain not theirs, as per a supervisor @ comcast they are blocking all mail sent from their clients that are running a mail server and their outgoing email address is not a comcast.net address, they say this keeps the spam down. ha. It

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Nick Smith
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 09:12 -0500, James Hiscock wrote: i don't think just changing the ports could work. ...and, based on what you say next, this wouldn't help anyway: the way we had it set up before was that the smtp address was just relaying through smtp.comcast.net, that is what

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Keith P Hassen
Nick Smith wrote: yes they can get mail but not send mail, the reason for relaying through comcast.net is because if they relay through their own domain it gets marked as spam etc, that whole DUL thing, they only (cheapest) way to get it working was to relay through comcast, my client is running

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Nick Smith
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 09:16 -0500, Keith P Hassen wrote: Nick Smith wrote: yes they can get mail but not send mail, the reason for relaying through comcast.net is because if they relay through their own domain it gets marked as spam etc, that whole DUL thing, they only (cheapest) way to

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Keith P Hassen
Nick Smith wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 09:16 -0500, Keith P Hassen wrote: Nick Smith wrote: yes they can get mail but not send mail, the reason for relaying through comcast.net is because if they relay through their own domain it gets marked as spam etc, that whole DUL thing, they only

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Nick Smith
Let me see if I have this right: [SMTP_A] [COMCAST GW] [SMTP_B] And you are saying that SMTP_A can _receive_ email, but cannot _send_ email? that is correct, they are recieving mail on theirdomain.org and sending on smtp.comcast.net which is now blocked. _k Nick Smith

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Nick Smith
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 09:53 -0500, Keith P Hassen wrote: Nick Smith wrote: Let me see if I have this right: [SMTP_A] [COMCAST GW] [SMTP_B] And you are saying that SMTP_A can _receive_ email, but cannot _send_ email? that is correct, they are recieving mail on

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread David D. Rea
Time to start thinking about colocating SMTP_A or speaking with Comcast about unblocking the SMTP port... This may require purchasing business-class service or a static IP address... On Thu, January 20, 2005 11:08 am, Nick Smith said: well i understand that, but SMTP_B would be whoever im

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Keith P Hassen
Nick Smith wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 09:53 -0500, Keith P Hassen wrote: Nick Smith wrote: Let me see if I have this right: [SMTP_A] [COMCAST GW] [SMTP_B] And you are saying that SMTP_A can _receive_ email, but cannot _send_ email? that is correct, they are recieving mail on

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread R'twick Niceorgaw
On Thu, January 20, 2005 12:52 am, Nick Smith said: my ISP just started blocking smtp from any domain not theirs, as per a supervisor @ comcast they are blocking all mail sent from their clients that are running a mail server and their outgoing email address is not a comcast.net address, they

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread Michael Sullivan
I've been following this thread, but I'm still a little confused; You have a domain name (I think); you have a Linux system. Why do you use comcasts' SMTP server? My domain is espersunited.com. I use Cox Business Services as my ISP so that I can get a static IP address. I send all mail out

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP blocking smtp

2005-01-20 Thread David D. Rea
On Thu, January 20, 2005 11:51 am, Michael Sullivan said: I've been following this thread, but I'm still a little confused; You have a domain name (I think); you have a Linux system. Why do you use comcasts' SMTP server? My domain is espersunited.com. I use Cox Business Services as my ISP