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Re: [PLUG] Postfix and Comcast
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Just a note about gmail: if gmail detects that you've sent an email to yourself
it silently removes the email from the inbox but it should still be in the "all
mail" mailbox.
Eric
Marty O'Brien wrote:
> Brent,
>
> When I send to Yahoo! it goes to junk, but when I send to hotmail or my
> forwarder (ieee.org <http://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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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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>
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# Eric Lucas
#
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr
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