On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 23:12 -0600, Dale wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 January 2006 22:48, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> >
> > What you can try is:
> > 1. Make sure you're actually on your isp.com network - get the ip
> > address of their mail server, and get your ip address and see.
>
> I do connect directly to my ISP. I have even tried different numbers to dial
> into and get the same error. How would I get the IP address of the mail
> server though? I know how to get mine. I assume ifconfig would tell me.
Get the mail server (that you entered in you mail preferences), eg
mail.isp.com and type `dig mail.isp.com`. (dig is part of For your ip
address, I'm interested in your "real" world ip, but don't post it
here!! ifconfig will get it IFF your using a modem, or pci-adsl, but if
you have a networked modem/router, you'll need to connect to its status
page to see what ip address you have.
They should be similar, however many isps have a few ip addresses that
may not be ranged together.
Looking at your other posts though, I don't know that this will help...
> > 2. Enable passwords with your mail client - not just to check mail, but
> > to send mail as well. (With evolution its in Edit > Prefs > Mail
> > Accounts > (select account) > edit > Sending Mail > Authentication. It
> > looks like you're using mozilla though...)
>
> Also, keep in mind that Kmail works at least at the moment anyway.
really? hmmm...
I don't have kmail installed so I don't know how it works. Can you look
through the configuration to see if you can turn authentication on for
sending mail?
Finally, you could do some sniffing with ethereal. Make a capture
filter so you don't get other junk, eg "host mail.exceedtech.net" and
then post the text-capture here. Your isp may be giving out a different
error which kmail is "translating" for you...
post back if you need more help with ethereal.
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