Re: My posts to list not echoed
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Ken Heard wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> I bet it has to do with ISPs blocking port 25.
>
> Well I ran the following command, with the result indicated:
>
> R61:/# telnet smtp.gmail.com 25
> Trying 74.125.53.109...
> Connected to gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 mx.google.com ESMTP w32sm5721411wfh.19
>
> 500 command unrecognised or out of order
>
> 500 command unrecognised or out of order
> ^C
> ^Q
> ^C
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> Perhaps the foregoing indicates that gmail *does* block port 25.
>
> However, because the outgoing mail server of my ISP uses neither TLS nor
> SSL, I have taken to using gmail's "free" outgoing mail server,
> smtp.gmail.com, using port 465, which is good all over the world. I
> seem to remember that when I forward e-mail from ken@heard.name to my
> e-mail address of my ISP, I *do* get my own posts to the list echoed.
> the only time they are not is when they are forwarded to my gmail
> account -- to check when I get back to Toronto.
I have now made that check; when I have my e-mails forwarded from
ken@heard.name to the e-mail address assigned to me by the ISP -- but
still using smtp.gmail.com for outgoing mail, my posts to the list are
now echoed back to me on the list.
Regards, Ken Heard
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