Re: [cobalt-users] smtp not working properly.

["Fathi Said" <fathi@xxxxxx>]

Jeff,

You smile a lot, don't you?
:-)

Fathi

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] smtp not working properly.


> Two issues; mentioned (perhaps) by others, but maybe not clearly enough...
>
> 1)  Don't rely on Outlook Express "Requires Authentication" to do it by POP
> before SMTP unless you know it does it that way; my guess (I do NOT use
> Outlook Express) is that it doesn't.  Instead actually do a POP to get your
> mail.  I'm not 100% positive, but I believe if you just press "send and
> receive" twice, it'll fail to send email the first time but succeed the
> second time if in fact you've got POP before SMTP set up on your server and
> issue 2 (below) isn't an issue for you.
>
> 2)  Many ISPs are now blocking outgoing traffic on port 25.  More are
> adding it literally every day.  Many ISPs THINK (emphasis mine) that this
> helps eliminate spam, which it doesn't.  I see this issue every day,
> because we're American distributors for a Windows-based mail server often
> used by small customers over dialup connections <www.mailtraqna.com>.  If
> the customer's ISP is blocking traffic on port 25 he has five choices:
>    1.  Convince the ISP to unblock it for him
>    2.  Use the ISPs mail server
>        a. problem:  doesn't always work; some ISPs don't
>           let you send out mail from their server unless
>           your return address is set to their domain; a
>           few even change your return address to whatever
>           you've logged in as <frown>).
>    3.  Find another ISP, who will allow outgoing mail on
>        Port 25.
>        a. problem:  this is getting harder every day as
>           more and more ISPs are blocking such traffic
>    4.  Get a direct connection without port blocking
>        a. problem:  this costs more than many people
>           are willing to pay.
>    5.  Use your ISPs mail server, give up on using
>        your own domain in your "From:" header, but
>        use it in your "Reply-To:" header.
>
> I hope this helps <smile>.
>
> Jeff
>
> At 07:44 AM 12/17/99  Genesisbae@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >yes, I included them in email relay list.
> >still not working.
> >
> >Genesis
>
>
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