something I find extremely odd: I am using smtp for my moo; their smtp and pop accounts are both pop.bla.qwest.com (where bla==the zone). Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler at tysdomain.com web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 2:49 PM Subject: Re: lots of problems solved: my life story > Hi. In addition to having the static IP, if you have your own domain, > Qwest will even do a reverse dns for your static IP. When I was in Denver, > I did this with them and it was fantabulous. > > Tyler Littlefield said the following on 11/26/2008 4:43 PM: >> Hello, >> If you all remember, I was having issues with mail, I left it for a while >> and decided to return to playing with it. >> According to my logs, some servers block dynamic IP addresses, and I was >> refered to a site that confirmed as much. >> On this site I was also told that: >> a, dynamic IP addresses were blocked from sending mail, >> b, I had to use the Qwest smtp server. >> So, I called up tech support and actually for once in my life found >> someone who sounded like they new what they were talking about. >> We covered the problems with my modem, and got to briding the modem and >> using my linxsys which I want to put open wrt on anyway as the real >> router, which I am going to end up doing sometime when I have the time to >> play with it. >> Then he told me that qwest didn't supply smtp to "home" customers, >> (shocking!), and my only bet was a static IP. >> So, I obtained the static IP, and lots of things (including mail) are now >> in working order. >> > -- > Raul A. Gallegos -- http://www.asmodean.net > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 3643 (20081126) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
