From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Ez6FO-00006m-Gl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:52:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k0I5ojPR030342; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:50:45 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (whirlwind.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.76]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k0I5mn75031279 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:48:50 GMT Received: from orpheus (unknown [150.101.6.82]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2604812FA01 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:48:45 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New install, I still can't send email. Same error too. From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200601172312.47022.dalek@exceedtech.net> References: <200601172217.29338.dalek@exceedtech.net> <1137559680.12570.25.camel@orpheus> <200601172312.47022.dalek@exceedtech.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:18:45 +0930 Message-Id: <1137563325.24255.16.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 787d1410-f1f9-465b-91b6-775377810828 X-Archives-Hash: b8245825c905bed7c7d9168010bb720a On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 23:12 -0600, Dale wrote: > On Tuesday 17 January 2006 22:48, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > What you can try is: > > 1. Make sure you're actually on your isp.com network - get the ip > > address of their mail server, and get your ip address and see. > > I do connect directly to my ISP. I have even tried different numbers to dial > into and get the same error. How would I get the IP address of the mail > server though? I know how to get mine. I assume ifconfig would tell me. Get the mail server (that you entered in you mail preferences), eg mail.isp.com and type `dig mail.isp.com`. (dig is part of For your ip address, I'm interested in your "real" world ip, but don't post it here!! ifconfig will get it IFF your using a modem, or pci-adsl, but if you have a networked modem/router, you'll need to connect to its status page to see what ip address you have. They should be similar, however many isps have a few ip addresses that may not be ranged together. Looking at your other posts though, I don't know that this will help... > > 2. Enable passwords with your mail client - not just to check mail, but > > to send mail as well. (With evolution its in Edit > Prefs > Mail > > Accounts > (select account) > edit > Sending Mail > Authentication. It > > looks like you're using mozilla though...) > > Also, keep in mind that Kmail works at least at the moment anyway. really? hmmm... I don't have kmail installed so I don't know how it works. Can you look through the configuration to see if you can turn authentication on for sending mail? Finally, you could do some sniffing with ethereal. Make a capture filter so you don't get other junk, eg "host mail.exceedtech.net" and then post the text-capture here. Your isp may be giving out a different error which kmail is "translating" for you... post back if you need more help with ethereal. -- Iain Buchanan Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on. -- Kirk, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.9 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list