Re: [Nmh-workers] Verizon DSL block

2010-01-22 Thread Harald Geyer
I have heard that a small change in the file mts/smtp/smtp.c (of nmh 1.3) will change the mail port from 25 to 587 and get around Verizon's port 25 block. Does anyone have that change? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. I had the same problem (using a different ISP). My

[Nmh-workers] nmh is Ncurses-based?

2010-01-22 Thread norm
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Mail/muas.html says that nmh is Ncurses-based. Is that true? If so,What does it mean? Norman Shapiro 798 Barron Avenue Palo Alto CA 94306-3109 (650) 565-8215 n...@dad.org ___ Nmh-workers mailing list

Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh is Ncurses-based?

2010-01-22 Thread Jerrad Pierce
No, it is not ncurses based # ldd mhshow libiconv.so.2 = /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.2 (0x2af0a6328000) libtermcap.so.2 = /lib64/libtermcap.so.2 (0x2af0a6609000) libc.so.6 = /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x2af0a680c000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2

[Nmh-workers] Verizon DSL block

2010-01-22 Thread Stewart W Wilson
I tried the patch given by Valdis Kletnieks http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2004-08/msg8.html I changed smtp.c (in nmh1.3) as he said to do. But it didn't work. The no servers available error didn't occur, but this time send just hung. Attached is the mts.conf file. Any ideas

Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh is Ncurses-based?

2010-01-22 Thread levinedl
It depends on what's provided on the platform. configure searches for available libraries in this order: termcap_curses_order=termcap curses ncurses libtermcap.so (and libtinfo.so) can be provided by ncurses on Linux. For info on ncurses: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html

Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh is Ncurses-based?

2010-01-22 Thread Jerrad Pierce
It depends on what's provided on the platform. configure searches for available libraries in this order: termcap_curses_order=termcap curses ncurses I don't think that really qualifies as curses based, using an variant of a standard library that might be provided by (n)curses. And that is the

Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh is Ncurses-based?

2010-01-22 Thread levinedl
It depends on what's provided on the platform. configure searches for available libraries in this order: termcap_curses_order=termcap curses ncurses I don't think that really qualifies as curses based, using an variant of a standard library that might be provided by (n)curses. I'm not

Re: [Nmh-workers] Verizon DSL block

2010-01-22 Thread Earl Hood
On January 22, 2010 at 11:02, Stewart W Wilson wrote: I tried the patch given by Valdis Kletnieks http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2004-08/msg8.html I changed smtp.c (in nmh1.3) as he said to do. But it didn't work. The no servers available error didn't occur, but this time

Re: [Nmh-workers] Verizon DSL block

2010-01-22 Thread levinedl
Earl wrote: I do not know if nmh supports any authentication capabilities. It optionally supports SASL: Sat Jul 8 01:36:19 EDT 2000 Kimmo Suominen k...@tac.nyc.ny.us * Applied Ken Hornstein k...@cmf.nrl.navy.mil's patches implementing SASL support for POP3 and SMTP. If nmh

Re: [Nmh-workers] Verizon DSL block

2010-01-22 Thread Ken Hornstein
Is authentication required? Just changing the port does little to deter spam since spammers can adapt. I would assume that the port change also comes with the requirement that you must specify your username and password. The port 25 block is pretty much standard for large ISPs today; it's to

Re: [Nmh-workers] Verizon DSL block

2010-01-22 Thread Earl Hood
On January 22, 2010 at 16:26, Ken Hornstein wrote: The port 25 block is pretty much standard for large ISPs today; it's to prevent spammers from using massive networks of compromised PCs to deliver spam. Changing ports is useless unless authentication is required. If deterring spammers is the

Re: [Nmh-workers] Verizon DSL block

2010-01-22 Thread Ken Hornstein
The port 25 block is pretty much standard for large ISPs today; it's to prevent spammers from using massive networks of compromised PCs to deliver spam. Changing ports is useless unless authentication is required. If deterring spammers is the primary goal, then ISPs can just require

Re: [Nmh-workers] Verizon DSL block

2010-01-22 Thread Sean Kamath
Earl Hood wrote: On January 22, 2010 at 16:26, Ken Hornstein wrote: The port 25 block is pretty much standard for large ISPs today; it's to prevent spammers from using massive networks of compromised PCs to deliver spam. Changing ports is useless unless authentication is required. If