Curtis Rempel wrote:
By the way, that reminds me, he was able to continue to use his Telus email config with Thunderbird. I called Telus in advance of their trip to check whether or not they block non-Telus IP addresses from their SMTP server and the tech rep was quite clear that they did and that it would not work. Telus also does not support POP before SMTP or SASL. Still, I wanted to confirm his claim for myself so I ssh'd over to a client who is on Shaw and was able to easily talk SMTP to mail.telus.net.Did you just connect to SMTP, or did you actually send a message to a non Telus email address (i.e. use the Telus SMTP server as an open relay)?
To be honest I find it hard to believe, that the Telus SMTP server is an open relay. It would put them onto more RBL's (black lists) than I can count, and basically bring their ability to send email to a screeching halt.
Of course connecting to SMTP has to be possible for everyone, since it is needed for sending a message to a Telus email address (i.e. not relaying). That's how the whole system works.
Is it possible, that your Dad only has success sending emails to other Telus customers? That should work just fine.
...Niels
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