Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...

[Eric Shubert]

ssmtp the (software) package doesn't appear to be all that it's cracked 
up to be: http://www.davidgrant.ca/ssmtp_vs_postfix_no_contest

As for gmail's free ssmpt service, I haven't looked into it. I figure 
there's gotta be some sort of limit, catch, or something I would find 
objectionable. "There's no free lunch".

Lisa Kachold wrote:
> Gmail ssmtp works too.  It's free!
> 
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net 
> <mailto:ejs at shubes.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Right. I use dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org>'s mailhop outbound in
>     these cases.
>     150 outbound emails per day for $15/year.
>     Affordable, and it works flawlessly.
> 
>     Bob Elzer wrote:
>      > your right. I forgot I was able to get it working, but because
>     the IP 's are
>      > dynamic, they are on mailing blacklist, so if a site uses one of the
>      > blacklists, you can't send mail to it.
>      >
>      >
>      > -----Original Message-----
>      > From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>     <mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>      > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>     <mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>] On Behalf Of
>     Eric
>      > Shubert
>      > Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:38 PM
>      > To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>     <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>      > Subject: Re: Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...
>      >
>      > I know of 3 qwest dsl customers who have no blocking on port 80
>     or 25. I
>      >   haven't heard of qwest blocking any ports before this post. I
>     know that
>      > they do have restrictions on using their outbound mail servers
>     (mail must
>      > come from their email accounts, which is reasonable I suppose).
>      >
>      > Bob Elzer wrote:
>      >> Qwest only blocks port 25, I'm running a web on 80 it works ok.
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> -----Original Message-----
>      >> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>     <mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>      >> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>     <mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>] On Behalf Of
>      >> Joseph Sinclair
>      >> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 4:58 PM
>      >> To: Main PLUG discussion list
>      >> Subject: Re: Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...
>      >>
>      >> Lisa Kachold wrote:
>      >>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Jim March
>     <1.jim.march at gmail.com <mailto:1.jim.march at gmail.com>> wrote:
>      >>>
>      >>>> Any idea what I've missed here?
>      >>> I believe that the Quest DSL allows port 80 inbound, but I would
>      >>> check
>      >> this.
>      >>
>      >> I think Lisa may have hit the problem here:
>      >>
>      >> Try setting the forward on the router to route some other port (e.g.
>      >> 45786) on the outside interface to your zoneminder server on
>     port 80.
>      >> If that works, then you're dealing with a QWest issue, and you
>     should
>      >> be able to just use some alternate high-range port.
>      >>
>      >> BTW, don't try the obvious 8080, 8000, etc...  If they block 80,
>     they
>      >> typically block those too.  They almost never block ports above
>     32768,
>      >> however.
>      >
>      >
>      > --
>      > -Eric 'shubes'
>      >


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-Eric 'shubes'