On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 09:12 -0500, James Hiscock wrote: > > i don't think just changing the ports could work. > > ...and, based on what you say next, this wouldn't help anyway: > > > the way we had it set up before was that the smtp address was just > > relaying through smtp.comcast.net, that is what they are blocking, they > > can receive mail fine but anything they send is blocked and it doesn't > > come back to them either as not recieved. > > So... just to make sure I understand, you can receive mail from the > outside world, but can't send? > > * What was the reason for relaying through smtp.comcast.net? Why not > just skip that step? That might solve your problem... > > * Are you using sendmail or postfix or qmail or something else? > yes they can get mail but not send mail, the reason for relaying through comcast.net is because if they relay through their own domain it gets marked as spam etc, that whole DUL thing, they only (cheapest) way to get it working was to relay through comcast, my client is running *cough* exchange 2000, but if i can offer a linux alternative that will work, im sure i can get them to switch, i am running a postfix/courier-imap setup for my domain at home on the comcast network and they havnt shut me down as of yet, but i think its only a matter of time, which is why i want to find out now if there is a way around this.
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