[pmmail-list] cant get email!

[Stephen Eickhoff]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:03:02 +1100, Rod.. Whitworth wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:08:28 -0500, Ronny Hippler wrote:
>
>>No telling, I can send mail through attglobal's asmtp account via my charter 
>>cable modem and dialup just fine but if I try connecting via earthlink dialup or 
>>earthlink DSL at my parents house it fails every time. 
>>
> 
>I'm guessing because you don't give enough info.
>
>Earthlink probably blocks traffic outbound to port 25. That is fairly
>common because it stops spammers using an open relay on some other
>network.

I can confirm that port 25 outgoing is blocked. In order for me to send mail
out from my internal SMTP server,
I must set it to forward through Earthlink's servers.
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         Stephen Eickhoff
      operagost@email.com
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