On 2003.06.13 17:24 Scott Harney wrote: > > it took me all of about 5 seconds to add: > "relayhost = smtp.east.cox.net" to my /etc/postfix/main.cf and then > "postfix reload". Surely exim has a "smart relay" capability. >
Indeed it does, and it did not take long to change it. That is the least of my concerns. I will never be able to send mail to people Cox decides to blacklist and I'll never know. Also, when Cox has an email server problem so will I. Encrypting my email transmision will be pointless, too. Before, I could send to anyone, with encryption if available, and only a downed cable would get in the way. These changes no good, Kimosabe. > I also had no problem whatsoever talking to their smtp server directly with > kmail. > Good. Did you try to do it before changing postfix? I was surprised when balsa did not send directly as I expected and I'm not sure why it acted this way. My email client still uses the localhost, but the local host uses Cox. This might be a Balsa thing. > > They don't authenticate based on assigned IP address. > > sure they do. Their phone techs might not understand that. Hmmm, I'll have to look harder at my headers, but I suspect the sending machine will mark it's address as 192.168.x.x, which would be no authentication at all. What are they matching? The phone tech thought the correct user name was important.
