Request for assistance

[bpmedley at 4321.tv (Brian Medley)]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 04:56:03PM +0000, John Chambers wrote:

> These packages should all be capable of connecting directly
> to  the  recipient's  machine  (or  MX server).  Is there a
> reason you're using the ISP's server for outgoing mail?
> 
> There's really no sensible reason to do this.  If you're on
> the  internet,  all you have to do is make a TCP connection
> to the recipient's port 25 and start talking SMTP.  You can
> do  this  with  telnet (if you know SMTP, which is an ascii
> protocol, and fairly easy to type).

I have had trouble using my system's smtp server to send mail diretly.  The
reason is because my dynamically assigned IP address was put in a blacklist
b/c it was in a recognized block of dynamic IP addresses.  This is why I
use my ISP's server for outgoing mail.

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