[PLUG] Solved (sort of) -- email broken

[frank hunt]

Well after a late night and early morning session with Comcast and my 
email system and zoneedit, I think I have hacked everything into shape. 
  In the past, I have used Comcast's SMTP server for my outbound mail - 
masquerading and site-hiding makes the mail look like it is coming from 
my domain.  That still works only now I have to use port 587 rather than 
25.  Easy fix.  HOWEVER, Comcast in their infinite wisdom (actually all 
of the providers will be doing this) has changed their incoming mail to 
port 587 and programmed the modem to block port 25.  This presents a 
problem because my MX records are pointing at port 25.  End result of 
this is that my mail was not getting through to my local Linux mail 
server.  There were three choices: (a) somehow figure out how to 
redirect my incoming emails to port 587; (2) reluctantly stop using my 
own server (hard to give up after 15 years) and use Comcastic; (III) 
figure out how to hack the Comcast modem so it opens port 25.  I went 
with #2 because redirection is difficult and costs $$, and hacking the 
modem is probably not a good idea.  I had to generate a bunch of email 
accounts on Comcast (still not enough so I did some consolidation), then 
use zoneedit's mail forwarding service  to send  mail addressed to 
"somebody @ frankhunt.com" to  "somebody else @ comcast.net".  Then I 
changed my mail readers (Thunderbird, mostly) to point at Comcast's pop 
server instead of mine.  Holy Crap!  What a hassle.  I think it is all 
working now, finally. Time will tell.  I feel kind of naked without 
spamassassin though.



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frank hunt
(L0F) R0B-ZAR1
befuddled linux admin
erstwhile photographer
hillsboro oregon