On Tue 03 Jul 2018 at 08:52:22 (-0700), Mike McClain wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 03:17:27PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > <snip> > > When I ran ifconfig on the Linux platform it showed the unet > > connection to be 162.237.98.238!!????? The LAN modem employs DCHP > > set with allowed IP range as 192.168.1.64 through 192.168.1.253, > > which was set by the T&T installer when we switched to a fiber optic > > network. > > > > Further examination of the modem settings showed IP Passthrough > > status as on (Public IP Address), which was, in fact the IP. > > ATT tech support demonstrated to me that they can change the > settings remotely. > If they can so can some one else. > > > I spent 40 minutes, on hold for 28 of those minutes, with an AT&T > > UVVerse technical (????) person without hearing any reasons why the > > IP was what it was. > > When I signed up with ATT Uverse I accumulated hours on the phone > trying to get email out through their server. I gave up and used my > dialup account. > Their tech support -- isn't. Many of those people didn't grow up > with computers and have no idea what goes on under the hood. Even when > you get someone in Dallas rather than Manila answers and understanding > can be lacking. > > Should anyone reading this know hjow to get exim4 to connect to > outbound.att.net I'd love to hear about it.
Curt got the wiki, and my googling landed on https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/dsl-high-speed/KM1010523 and https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/email-support/KM1240308 It looks as though these are more up to date than the wiki. In the first, I assume that the table rows are labelled wrongly, but it seems to show SMTP on smtp.mail.att.net ports 465 or 587 as well as the hostname you gave. I would also try port 587 on both hostnames: it won't be the first to give the wrong one. The second shows how to get a suitable password for your userID. (I would use this approach merely because I don't know anything about oath.) Anyway, what doesn't work for you and what response do you get from exim? Cheers, David.
