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On 2014-01-22, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <bka9ifF6jn8U4@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-01-22, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> > In article <vilain-C3BB02.02252522012014@news.individual.net>,
>> >  Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <lbm4h4$64d$1@dont-email.me>,
>> >>  Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> > On 1/20/14 6:35 PM, Robert Peirce wrote:
>> >> > > One solution I picked up from Google was to put an external
>> >> > > email address in a .forward file but that didn't work.
>> >> > > Bob@peirce-family.com produced an error message that said
>> >> > > "(connect to mx.peirce-family.com[66.96.142.50]:25: Operation
>> >> > > timed out) bob@peirce-family.com" And I have no idea what to
>> >> > > do about that.  I don't recognize the IP address, but I think
>> >> > > port 25 is a standard port for smtp.
>> >> > 
>> >> > I tried the same thing on my wife's computer which does not have local 
>> >> > mail.  She is still running 10.6.  I did not get any error messages so 
>> >> > the obvious assumption is the test message went out.  However, it was 
>> >> > never delivered, so I have to think it never really went out or if it 
>> >> > did there was something wrong with it.  That probably makes this a 
>> >> > dead-end idea unless somebody knows how to make it work properly
>> >> 
>> >> The log files will tell you if it actually left the machine.
>> >
>> > Log files of what? If there's no mail server running on his wife's 
>> > computer, there's nothing to log.
>> 
>> That would depend on what facility he's using to send the message. There
>> may be something in the system log indicating a failure to send, for
>> instance.
>
> He's not sending a message. The .forward file is only used when the 
> local mail server is delivering a message that has been received.

Huh? He says: "I did not get any error messages so the obvious
assumption is the test message went out.". He's definitely sending a
message from a machine. Michael Vilain's comment that the log files
might tell him if the message actually left the machine is correct.  As
far as I can see, nobody said the log file would be on his wife's
machine - that seems to have come from you.

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I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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Local Mail Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2014-01-19 11:35 -0500
  Re: Local Mail Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2014-01-19 11:40 -0500
  Re: Local Mail Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-19 11:50 -0800
    Re: Local Mail Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2014-01-19 15:19 -0500
      Re: Local Mail Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-19 15:16 -0800
        Re: Local Mail Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2014-01-20 18:35 -0500
          Re: Local Mail Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2014-01-21 10:42 -0500
            Re: Local Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-21 11:07 -0500
              Re: Local Mail Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2014-01-21 12:02 -0500
            Re: Local Mail Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-22 02:25 -0800
              Re: Local Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-22 10:24 -0500
                Re: Local Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 16:22 +0000
                Re: Local Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-22 12:22 -0500
                Re: Local Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 18:33 +0000
                Re: Local Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-22 14:40 -0500
                Re: Local Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 22:16 +0000
              Re: Local Mail billy@MIX.COM - 2014-01-24 18:18 +0000
          Re: Local Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-21 10:46 -0500
            Re: Local Mail Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2014-01-21 11:56 -0500
              Re: Local Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-21 17:47 -0500
                Re: Local Mail billy@MIX.COM - 2014-01-24 18:12 +0000
                Re: Local Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-24 14:16 -0500
                Re: Local Mail Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-25 09:57 +0000
                Re: Local Mail billy@MIX.COM - 2014-01-27 16:48 +0000
                Re: Local Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-27 12:50 -0500
                Re: Local Mail billy@MIX.COM - 2014-01-27 19:31 +0000
                Re: Local Mail Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-27 18:29 +0000
                Re: Local Mail billy@MIX.COM - 2014-01-27 19:27 +0000
                Re: Local Mail Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-28 00:27 +0000
                Re: Local Mail billy@MIX.COM - 2014-01-28 05:58 +0000
                Re: Local Mail Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-28 16:46 +0000
      Re: Local Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-19 23:58 +0000
        Re: Local Mail Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2014-01-20 19:07 -0500
    Re: Local Mail Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-19 21:26 +0000

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