[H-GEN] Bigpond mail server

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From: "Tony Bilbrough" <mtbilbro at bigpond.net.au>
To: "gen Humbug" <general at lists.humbug.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 2:46 AM
Subject: [H-GEN] Bigpond mail server


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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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Sorry to dig this up guys, but I also have not been able to send mail from
my Telstra BigCessPool email account so therefore this e-mail has been
sitting around unsent for quite some time :).
I experienced the same problem, being a telstra DSL customer, and like
yourself Tony, I had to set up my own mail server, telstra are saying that
it is something to do with Mac OS timing out while trying to contact the
Mail server, I would say that the Mandrake Router I was using must have the
same problem the Mac OS does, any ideas guys, as I would rather be sending
through the Bigpond server(People get sus when your mail is not coming from
where they are replying to).

thanks all,
         Joe Skilton
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