From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.205]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id AC64D10ACE for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:49:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 43011 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2008 06:49:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO maranatha.local.att.net) (chomiak7737@att.net@76.204.102.110 with login) by smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Jun 2008 06:49:50 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: fHmqOtAVM1k3KXQ679Sshi5iSp_UVrOrK1PgpbcHzDpqOFyOanhvQgKPufDkzt0G2.7D3fVYWWllMeuFKNJjzM4VpjSt50eC.HVmPpDiCNAqmISIPgK4jr1eXNSi6xI- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: by maranatha.local.att.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 308A16257; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:49:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by maranatha.local.att.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50FB2EC1 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:49:39 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:49:39 -0500 (CDT) From: chomiak7737@att.net Sender: chomiak@maranatha.att.net To: speakup List Subject: OT: Comcast email is driving me crazy!!! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 06:49:52 -0000 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. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."