-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ken Heard wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> I bet it has to do with ISPs blocking port 25. > > Well I ran the following command, with the result indicated: > > R61:/# telnet smtp.gmail.com 25 > Trying 74.125.53.109... > Connected to gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 mx.google.com ESMTP w32sm5721411wfh.19 > > 500 command unrecognised or out of order > > 500 command unrecognised or out of order > ^C > ^Q > ^C > Connection closed by foreign host. > > Perhaps the foregoing indicates that gmail *does* block port 25. > > However, because the outgoing mail server of my ISP uses neither TLS nor > SSL, I have taken to using gmail's "free" outgoing mail server, > smtp.gmail.com, using port 465, which is good all over the world. I > seem to remember that when I forward e-mail from k...@heard.name to my > e-mail address of my ISP, I *do* get my own posts to the list echoed. > the only time they are not is when they are forwarded to my gmail > account -- to check when I get back to Toronto.
I have now made that check; when I have my e-mails forwarded from k...@heard.name to the e-mail address assigned to me by the ISP -- but still using smtp.gmail.com for outgoing mail, my posts to the list are now echoed back to me on the list. Regards, Ken Heard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk2y5d0ACgkQlNlJzOkJmTceWgCcCJCVDxTl2/+3fBxV/hcKsqnx D3AAnRjlj5scdVndC4Z779MQwntHWu0Y =SRMp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4db2e5de.1070...@heard.name
