Some subsections of Comcast's network do allow port 25. Mine, for example, and the one I used to have in another part of this city, both of which use different Comcast gateway servers. Luke On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, David Poehlman wrote: > they do block port 25. you have to send on 587. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 5:52 AM > Subject: Re: OT: Comcast email is driving me crazy!!! > > > chomiak7737 at att.net wrote: > > I'm > > having no problem setting up fetchmail for her to receive email but I > > can't seem to get sending email right for her. Happen to be using postfix > > but would be perfectly happy to use ssmtp or whatever other package for > > which somebody can give me configuration tips. I keep getting an error > > about: > > host or domain name not found. Name service error for > > > > > Hi, > > Are you sure that they don't block port 25? I know that Cox residential > blocks port 25 so it's impossible to run your own MTA. Generally I > would say that it's probably mail.comcast.net but I don't use Comcast. > I'm not sure about port 465, but maybe try smtp authentication. I would > be very surprised if port 25 actually works outside of the Comcast mail > servers though as most ISPs block it nowadays. In that case, you would > have to use something like ssmtp which just moves mail off to a > smarthost. There's really no configuration necessary. If you're on > Debian, it will ask config questions when you install ssmtp or you can > do dpkg-reconfigure ssmtp instead. It's really painless to set up. > Also, what if you try port 587? That sometimes is an alternative smtp port. > > Personally, I would just use Gmail. It supports secure pop3, has an > accessible web interface, has smtp on port 587 to get around port 25 > blocks, has a good spam filter, and generally works great! Mutt or > other can probably work directly with pop3s, or you could install > stunnel and continue using Fetchmail and Postfix. Actually I think > Fetchmail supports pop3s but I don't use it. That way if the person > gets stuck on a Windows machine, she can still access her Gmail > messages. Everything downloaded with pop3s is automatically archived, > even if she deletes it from her local system so mail is never lost. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- "Fiat money and sustainable society are not compatible." - Peter Cajander
