Request for assistance

[wea at swiggartagin.com (Warren E. Agin)]

As others will point out, closing smtp in this way helps prevent use of the
smtp server to relay spam. In some cases, an ISP can end up on the real-time
blackhole list until they close the server.

You need to find an ISP that allows relaying, find an open smtp server you
can use for outgoing messages, or get a friend that runs an smtp server to
open one up for you.

Technically, the ISP can open its smtp server to accept your e-mail from a
particular address -- whether they will do this is questionable. The front
line support people probably will not be aware of the option.

-Warren Agin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Glassberg" <mark_glassberg at valley.net>
To: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: Request for assistance


> I've been looking for a new isp and tried intergate.com.  They don't
> support linux, but everything went well until it came to sending mail.
> After much experimentation, it seems that their smtp service only
> recognizes mail where the domain of the sender is that of their dns'.
> Two questions:  Does this observation/conclusion make any sense?  If
> so, is there anything I can do to get my mail accepted?
>
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
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