[H-GEN] Bigpond mail server

[Douglas C]

On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 19:46:36 +1000
Tony Bilbrough <mtbilbro at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

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> G'day All,
> Well after almost a week of wondering how to solve the problem of being
> unable to send mail out to Bigpond, and thence the rest of _wide blue
> yonder_, the riddle is solved!
> 
> The problem was made a little more interesting in that I could receive
> all my mail, I could use the web to search and download stuff, but just
> could not send out any email.
> - Yes of course one could use one of the html jobbies like Yahoo or,
> heaven forbid the Microsoft._s Hotmail.
> 
> Yep, I did the old _ping_ bit, from two computers, with 5 different
> email clients, and 3 different o/s.
> I felt there was enough of a mix there to finally convince me that the
> problem was really not mine.
> But why hadn_t I heard howls of rage from any the others, particularly
> the Windows users?
> 
> Telstra did not perceive they had a problem, as there was little posted
> on their site. Just a couple of Mac users on the rampage about it,
> interestingly enough.
> 
> *anyway
> For Linux users the solution is really simple.
> Do not use the _mail-hub.qld.bigpond.net.au_ as your out going mail
> server address, and instead, create one of your own mail server.
> This is just too easy if you already run E Smith as router/firewall etc.
> 
> It_s part of the standard configuration, is a Mail Server! Heh, heh.
> 
> So a quick edit of the emailer of choice [or all, to be safe] to just
> _mail_
> [with the _-hub.qld.bigpond.net.au_ edited out],
> and bingo the whole box and dice is up and running again, directly  from
> the Home system to Big World
> 
> So, I am wondering if there are any other cable users who had the
> problem?
> It worked fine as it was for 2 years, and suddenly fell over this
> Monday!!!
> 
> My thanks to Alan Harrison for his guidance, today.
> cheers Tony Bilbrough
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If you check http://whirlpool.nyou will see all the good and bad news about
Australian Broadband services. Bigponds Mail Server is 'flakey'. =)

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Douglas C (Chexsum)
chexsum at optusnet.com.au
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