send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon,breach of contract for Comcast users

2003-03-11 Thread Christopher Nehren
I'm running FreeBSD as the only operating system on my home machine, using Comcast non-professional as my ISP. My problem is that send-pr is written to use a local mail daemon to send mail to the GNATS submission site. Running a mail daemon, however, is strictly and expressly prohibited by

Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon,breach of contract for Comcast users

2003-03-11 Thread Christopher Nehren
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 13:09, Dan Nelson wrote: I'm sure runing an incoming mail daemon is the prohibited part. Just using it to send messages can't be prohibited imho. From the Comcast Acceptable Use Policy: You may not resell, share, or otherwise distribute the Service or any portion

Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon,breach of contract for Comcast users

2003-03-11 Thread Mike Meyer
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Christopher Nehren [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 13:09, Dan Nelson wrote: From the Comcast Acceptable Use Policy: This is all silly. send-pr should work without having a local SMTP server. What error are you getting when you run it - at least, I assume

Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon,breach of contract for Comcast users

2003-03-11 Thread Christopher Nehren
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 13:29, Dan Nelson wrote: I'm almost positive that when they mean server they mean an incoming server. A sendmail that simply queues outgoing email for sending should not be prohibited. If you're worried, just send an email to their support group. I've sent them an

Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract for Comcast users

2003-03-11 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-03-11 12:54, Christopher Nehren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running FreeBSD as the only operating system on my home machine, using Comcast non-professional as my ISP. My problem is that send-pr is written to use a local mail daemon to send mail to the GNATS submission site. Running a

Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon,breach of contract for Comcast users

2003-03-11 Thread Christopher Nehren
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 14:51, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: You can always configure Sendmail to listen on localhost:25 only. This is what the relevant part of my rc.conf looks like: I'm sure that your ISP can't object to *this* sort of setup. Based upon a point raised by Bill Moran, I see how that

Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract for Comcast users

2003-03-11 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Mar 11), Christopher Nehren said: I'm running FreeBSD as the only operating system on my home machine, using Comcast non-professional as my ISP. My problem is that send-pr is written to use a local mail daemon to send mail to the GNATS submission site. Running a mail

Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract for Comcast users

2003-03-11 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Mar 11), Christopher Nehren said: On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 13:09, Dan Nelson wrote: I'm sure runing an incoming mail daemon is the prohibited part. Just using it to send messages can't be prohibited imho. From the Comcast Acceptable Use Policy: You may not resell,