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Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together

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So how do you dynamically specify getting a connection to be secured or
not. If it's only Gmail, why van I telnet to their port and get their mail
server?

Seems counterintuitive.

On Aug 25, 2016 5:54 AM, "Mark Fletcher" <mark27q1@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 at 18:16, John T. Haggerty <jpcookie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have the following issue (seems to be common although my details seem
>> to differ):
>>
>> 1. I recently registered a new domain as WWW.whatever.org or whatever.
>>
>> 2. Postfix gets installed.
>>
>> 3. "Internet site " is enabled fqdn added.
>>
>> 4. Email cannot be sent out to my Gmail address since it magically "times
>> out" when contacting the servers (even though telnetting to mine and
>> Gmail's works fine at port 25)
>>
>> 5. In theory thus should mean that they aren't blocking 25, and it should
>> work.
>>
>> 6. In the core wiki for Postfix I have the MX record of my server updated
>> from the registrar to mail.whatever.org (pita since it's dynamic and not
>> static).
>>
>> 7. I want to avoid using gmail's smtp and comcast's servers since I'd
>> love to host this on my own.
>>
>> How can this be accomplished in Debian (not Ubuntu, or something else)?
>> (I get irritated at Ubuntu specific explanations {which usually don't work}
>> getting all the search results)
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated as I spent ~3 days of work and wiping the
>> entire OS in case I went wrong somewhere.
>>
> Gmail doesn't block port 25 but they do refuse all non-secured attempts to
> connect.
>
> Mark
>

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Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together "John T. Haggerty" <jpcookie@gmail.com> - 2016-08-25 11:20 +0200
  Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-08-25 14:00 +0200
    Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together "John T. Haggerty" <jpcookie@gmail.com> - 2016-08-25 20:40 +0200
      Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-26 12:50 +0200
  Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2016-08-25 22:00 +0200
  Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together メット <mett@pmars.jp> - 2016-08-26 14:20 +0200
    Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together "John T. Haggerty" <jpcookie@gmail.com> - 2016-08-27 01:40 +0200
      Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-08-27 03:10 +0200
        Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together "John T. Haggerty" <jpcookie@gmail.com> - 2016-08-27 05:20 +0200
  Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together emetib <chadbrabec@gmail.com> - 2016-08-27 01:10 +0200
    Re: Getting fqdn, postfix, Comcast to all play nice together "John T. Haggerty" <jpcookie@gmail.com> - 2016-08-27 01:40 +0200

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