Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gmail smtp overwrites the sender

[Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 15 Mar 2012 14:51:10 Michael Mol wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Grant Edwards
>>
>> <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 2012-03-14, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >> Perhaps your mail address was blacklisted? Many ISPs IP address
>> >> blocks are blacklisted these days.
>> >
>> > I know that was sometimes the case from the rejection message sent by
>> > the destination SMTP server.  Even though I had a static IP address
>> > and an valid MX entry for the sending machine's hostname, some sites
>> > wouldn't accept mail because my static IP addres was in a block used
>> > for DSL customers (of which I was one).
>>
>> Yeah, I can't even send email to my gmail account from my Comcast
>> public IPv4 address.
>
> Have you tried using port 587?  Comcast should accept relaying on that port
> IIRC with your customer username/passwd.

Researched that, but I ultimately didn't go that route because I
couldn't find any good documentation on the appropriate settings.

>
> Or are you saying that Google will not accept incoming mail from Comcast
> addresses/IP blocks?

Not saying that; to my knowledge, Gmail accepts relay through
Comcast's relay points, but I haven't tested that. I've only tested
direct connections.

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