Marty O'Brien on 17 Oct 2007 04:29:52 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Postfix and Comcast

  • From: "Marty O'Brien" <mobrien118@ieee.org>
  • To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] Postfix and Comcast
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:29:48 -0400
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Brent,

When I send to Yahoo! it goes to junk, but when I send to hotmail or my forwarder (ieee.org, which I have forward my mail to my gmail account) it disapears.

I don't know if I get a bounce notice because the "from" email address that the server is sending from is (my linux username)@(my server name).(my domain name) which is not valid because I am only using postfix in the default setup and don't have a pop3 or IMAP server running, and I am extremely novice with postfix/sendmail. Do you know if there is a way to send an email with a different from or reply-to address, and if so, will that help?

Thanks, and I'm sorry if I am totally clueless on this.

--Marty

On 10/17/07, Brent Saner < brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:
welcome, marty!

when you try to send to an address other than the gmail one (say, a yahoo) does it show up in the junkmail receptacle? do you receive a bounce notice?

On 10/17/07, Marty O'Brien <mobrien118@ieee.org> wrote:
Hello PLUG!

I have lived in Philadelphia (Actually Wyncote) for 12 months and I have been subscribing to this mail-list for 8 months now and reading it whenever I get a chance. Well, I am finally ready to write something (for some help!). So, without further ado:

I have a linux box with Xandros 4.0 installed (A Debian based distro, for those unfamiliar) which comes with a default installation of "postfix".

What works:
Sending an email to mobrien118@gmail.com using the "mail" command line application.

What doesn't work:
Sending an email just about anywhere else.

So, I believe I need to relay my mail through a trusted server somewhere (maybe a Comcast SMTP server) so that POP and IMAP servers won't simply discard it like yesterday's news. Can someone help me make this work? I also want PHP to be able to send mail, although I think this may already be working since I edited php.ini. There is only one line that I think needs editing there, anyway.

I have to warn you all that I am just barely into "Intermediate user" status in Linux.

Surely someone on this group is doing this (sending mail over Comcast's lines).

Thanks in advance. I am looking forward to becoming more active in this community!

--Marty O'Brien

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Brent Saner
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