From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 21:38:50 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 A67681065676 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ethan@stoneleaf.us) Received: from gateway02.websitewelcome.com (gateway02.websitewelcome.com [69.56.184.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F4148FC26 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ethan@stoneleaf.us) Received: (qmail 4943 invoked from network); 23 Jun 2008 21:50:06 -0000 Received: from gator410.hostgator.com (74.54.199.50) by gateway02.websitewelcome.com with SMTP; 23 Jun 2008 21:50:06 -0000 Received: from mail.admailinc.com ([72.11.125.166]:1584 helo=[192.168.10.139]) by gator410.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KAtkO-0002rW-Bg for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:38:48 -0500 Message-ID: <4860270F.7050206@stoneleaf.us> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:43:27 -0800 From: Ethan Furman User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: FreeBSD References: <20080623070556.GA1618@remdog.net> <485FAA07.5050904@pukruppa.net> <20080623171207.GA1000@remdog.net> <20080623172602.GG27531@ece.pdx.edu> <486001D1.7090500@stoneleaf.us> <20080623153129.c84a1aea.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20080623153129.c84a1aea.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator410.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stoneleaf.us X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Simple Text Mail Setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:38:50 -0000 Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Ethan Furman : > > >>FT wrote: >> >>>>>> ... But I can't send mail because the system >>>>>>isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. >>>>>>Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple >>>>>>configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? ... >>>> >>>>Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets >>>>bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. >>> >>>Yes. On most residential connections, Comcast blocks port 25 to reduce >>>the spam burden created by compromised hosts. Your options are not to >>>send mail on port 25 (using port 587, for instance, but that makes you >>>unable to communicate with many servers) or to buy business class >>>service from Comcast, if they'll let you. You can try calling support >>>and asking to have 25 unblocked, but I have yet to hear of a case >>>where that was effective. >> >>As an aside, I recently had a similar problem being able to send e-mail >>to my host (webgator.com) through Comcast's network -- a Comcast tech >>suggested using port 26 instead of 25, and that worked for me. > > > That's exactly the kind of brain-dead answer I'd expect from Comcast. > > The Internet community comes up with a solution, and publishes the > fact that port 587 is specifically _for_ this purpose, yet Comcast > suggests 26 ... go figure. > Well, I certainly don't think highly of Comcast as a whole, but in this case they did suggest port 587. Apparently either HostGator doesn't (yet?) support it, or I'm not paying enough to get it. -- Ethan P.S. The correct name is HostGator, not webgator as my original post indicated. oops.