Sorry for the delay, my replys on gmane.mail.postfix.user are not seeming to get thru so trying the mail list.
Richard wrote: > Generally port 25 is blocked (both directions) on Comcast dynamic IP > assignments. So, to send mail you'll likely need to configure your > MTA (postfix or sendmail) to use port 587/starttls (with > authentication) to send mail via your account on your mail provider's > server (or simply have your MUA do that and not bother with an MTA). Thanks for info on comcast. That mail account is not the one I use... IPs change overtime but my email has remained the same since 1996-7 or so. I want my email address's smtp server newsguy.com to do the relaying. and have done so for quite a goodly while. I'd like to get postfix to let me do that. ----