[ale] [OT] Sendmail (?) woes

Adrin haswes at mindspring.com
Wed Jan 22 19:26:25 EST 2003


You must not be using earthlink. They are blocking the SMTP port now. Can't find the link
right now though to prove it.
If you have a mindpsring account or a earthlink you have to send email through their
server.


Adrin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Rickman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 2:44 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: RE: [ale] [OT] Sendmail (?) woes
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Mike Millson wrote:
>
> > I added the following at the end of my sendmail config file, based on a tip
> > I saw from James Kinney:
> >
> > # Smart host
> > DSmail.atl.bellsouth.net
>
>
> This is the same thing as setting your ISP's SMTP server to be your
> default in a typical email client. All your mail will travel through that
> server as well as your local MX. Personally, I prefer to send directly
> from my local machine to avoid slowdowns caused by high traffic on the ISP
> side.
>
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Rickman
> X Corps Security
> http://www.xcorps.net
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