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Travis Lingenfelder

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Jan 24, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/24/99
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I need to know what SMTP server I should use to send email. Every time I
send a message through "mail-relay2.idt.net" I get the error message "We do
not support relaying".

Travis Lingenfelder
mailto:TL...@ttu.edu

Mark Morin

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Jan 24, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/24/99
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Travis Lingenfelder wrote:

Have you tried smpt.idt.net?

The fact that you are using an academic account to receive mail makes it
*appear* that you don't have an account with IDT. If that is indeed the fact,
it would explain why you can not connect nor send mail.

mark


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Travis Lingenfelder

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Jan 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/25/99
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1) My personal email is an accedemic account, but I am setting this up for
my father who has an account with IDT, so I know that is not the problem.

2) I tried SMTP.IDT.NET and I got the error as follows:

----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 <z9...@pegasus.acs.ttu.edu>... We do not support relaying
554 <z9...@pegasus.acs.ttu.edu>... Service unavailable

3) When I try the server MAIL-RELAY2.IDT.NET I get this error.

----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 <z9...@pegasus.acs.ttu.edu>... We do not support relaying
501 <z9...@pegasus.acs.ttu.edu>... Data format error

4) My dad has a domian name registered and hosted by IDT. Along with this
he has several diffrent email addresses that forward to a single email
account. I don't know if this has anything to do with it or not, but I
thought the info might help.

Bill

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Jan 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/25/99
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Try pop3.idt.net, that is what my e-mail client is set for.
Bill


Mark Morin

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Jan 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/25/99
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Travis Lingenfelder wrote:

> 1) My personal email is an accedemic account, but I am setting this up for
> my father who has an account with IDT, so I know that is not the problem.

It still looks like you are trying to send mail through IDT while connected to
your academic account. I believe that what you are experiencing is IDT's
counter-spam initiatives.

Try logging in under your father's account and then try sending mail using
smtp.idt.net as your server.


> 2) I tried SMTP.IDT.NET and I got the error as follows:
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 553 <z9...@pegasus.acs.ttu.edu>... We do not support relaying
> 554 <z9...@pegasus.acs.ttu.edu>... Service unavailable
>
> 3) When I try the server MAIL-RELAY2.IDT.NET I get this error.
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 553 <z9...@pegasus.acs.ttu.edu>... We do not support relaying
> 501 <z9...@pegasus.acs.ttu.edu>... Data format error
>
> 4) My dad has a domian name registered and hosted by IDT. Along with this
> he has several diffrent email addresses that forward to a single email
> account. I don't know if this has anything to do with it or not, but I
> thought the info might help.

mark

cybe...@yahoo.com

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Jan 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/27/99
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smtp.idt.net is outgoing
pop3.idt.net is incoming

In article <36acf3ee...@news.idt.net>,


doon...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Try pop3.idt.net, that is what my e-mail client is set for.
> Bill
>
>

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PixelMan

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Feb 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/6/99
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I've noticed that you have to have your e-mail address set to either
something ending with "@idt.net" or at least something that DOESN'T end with
something else... Putting just a single word, character, number etc works -
although it automatically appends "@idt.net" on the end of it...

PixelMan

>I need to know what SMTP server I should use to send email. Every time I

>send a message through "mail-relay2.idt.net" I get the error message "We do

Johan Kullstam

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Feb 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/6/99
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"PixelMan" <pixelman{remove_this}@switchboard.net> writes:

> >I need to know what SMTP server I should use to send email. Every time I
> >send a message through "mail-relay2.idt.net" I get the error message "We do
> >not support relaying".

don't you use a SMTP *client* to send mail? i thought the server was
the thing that receives it.

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Adam D. McKenna

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Feb 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/7/99
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Johan Kullstam <kull...@ne.mediaone.net> wrote in message
news:m2zp6qq...@sophia.axel.nom...
:don't you use a SMTP *client* to send mail? i thought the server was

:the thing that receives it.

Semantics. An SMTP server both receives and sends mail (using SMTP).

The problem is that mail-relay2 and mail.idt.net do not allow relaying from
your location. If they did, they would be called an "open relay". It
doesn't matter (or rather, shouldn't matter) whether you use an idt.net
return address. A spammer could just as easily forge his address as someone
@idt.net and get away with sending out mail.

If you are sending mail from ttu.edu, then you should use ttu.edu's smtp
servers.

--Adam

Johan Kullstam

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Feb 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/7/99
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"Adam D. McKenna" <amc...@idt.net> writes:

> If you are sending mail from ttu.edu, then you should use ttu.edu's smtp
> servers.

or just use your own. i never understood the need to relay.

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