Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:57:49 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone have Comcast for an ISP? Message-ID: <20080322075749.2ed514a2@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <1206167593.4163.4.camel@Caffiend.org> References: <1206167593.4163.4.camel@Caffiend.org>
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--Sig_/W+TcKvKsU7Qj9+.eBK6KyNu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:33:13 -0400 Allen <doomnix@comcast.net> wrote: > Does anyone on here have comcast for an ISP? I use them and today I > was messing around on a machine I use for FTP service over my LAN (Not > accessible from the net so I'm not worried about using it for back > ups) and anyway, I wanted to set up one of my comcast accounts on it > so I could do as I've done for years, and use SSH to log into that > machine and use fetchmail to grab my email off comcast, and then use > Mutt to check it since I really like Mutt. >=20 > Well, I got sendmail up ad tested that ti was working and it was > working fine. After that I tried sending a test email with Mutt. >=20 > For some reason ti failed even though it was the backed up copy of my > Muttrc that I used to use on EVERY machine I used mutt on. I always > backed it up because I had it looking really nice with colors and also > my email address was in there and I built in a mini addy book for my > friends and mailing lists I'm on so I didn't have to worry about an > address book being deleted by accident. >=20 > Well, it failed horribly. I can't send an email because it's blocked, > and also, using fetchmail isn't exactly working either and I can't > stand how getmailrc works.... >=20 > So does anyone here use Comcast and Mutt for an email client that > could maybe reply and let me know how they do it? Id' like to use > Mutt and also I do like how simple fetchmail is to use, so fi you use > these and have Comcast for internet please reply with how you did it. > I'm googling right now but everything I find isn't exactly helpful, > so if anyone here uses Mutt and has Comcast please let me know how > you did it. >=20 > Thanks much, >=20 > -Allen I am presently using Comcast in New York. They are actively blocking outgoing port 25. You need to use port 587 with authentication to get mail working correctly. I have a web server and FTP server all working on the standard ports however. Even fetchmail works OK. In any case, on July 1, I hope to be switching to FIOS and getting rid of this outdated and slow cable system. --=20 Gerard gerard@seibercom.net Every morning is a Smirnoff morning. --Sig_/W+TcKvKsU7Qj9+.eBK6KyNu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfk9EQACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMlSpgCg3Y+qIGhCNo8Wkh04JW8A80Hs /2kAn1JaxNbS41qwetINbkUAHz+5hNpB =4iEH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/W+TcKvKsU7Qj9+.eBK6KyNu--
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