From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.48]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93E510A3C for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:04:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from OMTA02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.19]) by QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id dJxn1Z0020QuhwU5500S00; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:04:52 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([68.57.215.48]) by OMTA02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id dK4q1Z00513DaEU3NK4sdH; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:04:52 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=_b7scKMm_n0A:10 a=pC0cH3aCq38A:10 a=UxmgfUSRVEVDklhqEwYA:9 a=_pQ81Atm9UdXUBL85zkA:7 a=cHuEuEP-okZolceRVL4J8JaBR14A:4 a=HeoGohOdMD0A:10 a=8UL1S1SzPDgA:10 Message-ID: <48521C12.70603@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:04:50 -0400 From: Garrett Klein User-Agent: Thunderbird 3.0a2pre (X11/2008061301) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: OT: Comcast email is driving me crazy!!! References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:04:53 -0000 Try port 587. relayhost=smtp.comcast.net:587 Put that as your relayhost in /etc/postfix/main.cf. Hth, Garrett chomiak7737@att.net wrote: > Hi all. > > I got my friend set up with Comcast cable; the only snag was that after > the technician left attempts to use the internet solicited "forbidden" and > I had to call and get them to actually activate the modem which they of > course did very easily remotely. But the email is driving me crazy!!! I'm > having no problem setting up fetchmail for her to receive email but I > can't seem to get sending email right for her. Happen to be using postfix > but would be perfectly happy to use ssmtp or whatever other package for > which somebody can give me configuration tips. I keep getting an error > about: > host or domain name not found. Name service error for > name=smtp.comcast.net. type =A: host not found; try again. but when I > googled it seemed to indicate that the servers are mail.comcast.net for > retrieving--which is working and smtp.comcast.net for sending--which is > not working. When I tried telneting I say smtp.g.comcast.net but > trying this got me the same results as above--grrrrrrr!!! > Also, do I need > to use port 465 or not? > > Tia. > >