Re: [PLUG] Postfix and Comcast

["Marty O'Brien" <mobrien118@ieee.org>]

Thanks Brent, I appreciate your help. I actually just read the post you are referring to before I posted, but after I googled for a couple hours. And, you are correct, There is a LOT of useful information behind those URLs, however, I am thinking that my problem resides outside of the realm discussed in that information, and hoping that there is an easier way to fix the problem (
i.e. relaying through Comacast's mail servers) that someone is already doing here. Of course, I'm not sure about this or else I would have bee-lined to that solution. It is hard to believe that something as simple as ARPANET's original SMTP RFC has evolved into something this complex!

Also, an update: I installed webmin-postfix and poked around in the settings. I haven't discovered anything in there that I think will help me...yet. (And, BOY are there a LOT of settings!)

Overall, I am in a better position now than I was a couple months ago (when using Verizon internet). I think they block outgoing connections to port 25 altogether!

Thanks again, Brent.

Still hoping to find a solution...

--Marty

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

i better let someone else tackle this. just yesterday i posted asking for help setting up mailstuffs. i'm sure one of the mail gurus in here will help you much better than i can. :) (check the archives for my post, " unraveling the arcane art of mailservers?" and the responses i got. lots of good resources)

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

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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