Trouble sending email

[James Durham]

The problem as well is I cannot connect to any mail server port 25 except for 
those owned by earthlink. So right now every earthlink subscriber is FORCED 
to use this method of sending mail.

I also used to work for a ISP that leased other companies POP sites. Like 
AT&T, UUnet, Level3. They all have the same filtering going on. They will 
actually monitor any mail you send while connected to these pops to make sure 
it is not spam. Following certain filters. Example.

- I dial-up using Earthlink on a AT&T pop.
- I am sending mail with mail.earthlink.com
- AT&T will intercept the mail to verify I am sending from a Earthlink e-mail 
address before forwarding the mail onto the mail server.(There is actually 
more that goes into this then I am actually aware of)


On Saturday 03 November 2001 02:38 pm, you wrote:
> > I found that it fails for me the first time... Then the second time I
> > try to connect it works.
>
> AHH!  It's the dreaded POP-before-SMTP routine!  The folks who bring you
> mail transfer agents (MTAs) like Postfix are busy adding this feature,
> requiring you to receive mail before you send it.
>
> Unfortunately when *MY* Postfix tries to send mail to *THEIRS* it breaks
> just as you're seeing.  The folks writing the MTA software don't think
> it's their problem to make Postfix (as one example) log into POP before it
> opens SMTP.  In other words they are creating a problem for their own
> program and denying it's anything to do with them.
>
> It is very frustrating and I look forward to any comments on how we can
> find a solution.
>
> \\/
>
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