From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 11:58:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6858106564A for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:58:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 960778FC24 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:58:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so2197903wxd.7 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:58:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.138.8 with SMTP id l8mr2094025ybd.72.1206187084564; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:58:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio ( [67.189.206.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 26sm6874834wrl.38.2008.03.22.04.58.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:58:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:57:49 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080322075749.2ed514a2@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <1206167593.4163.4.camel@Caffiend.org> References: <1206167593.4163.4.camel@Caffiend.org> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q X-Operating-System: FreeBSD-6.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/W+TcKvKsU7Qj9+.eBK6KyNu"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: Anyone have Comcast for an ISP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:58:06 -0000 --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 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--