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 > wrote: > > Right. I use 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@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > ] On Behalf Of > Eric > > Shubert > > Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:38 PM > > To: plug-discuss@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@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@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@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' > > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss