"Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Are you using a dialup connection to the internet? If so, then you could
> run fetchmail to get your mail from your ISP, and then "sendmail -q" to
> send any waiting messages after your ISP has your IP. You may also want
> to set up sendmail t
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Johnathan Smith wrote:
> I have redhat 7.0 and I used install-sendmail to setup
> my sendmail server. I have a issues. my ISP will not
> let sendmail send smtp request out until I get my POP
> mail using my user/password. At the time of my
> getting my pop mail my isp will
It appears that your ISP has implemented a POP-before-SMTP strategy, to
keeep spammers from relaying mail through their servers. IMO your ISP
has taken a good step toward reducing the flow of spam in the world.
That having been said, you simply need to telnet to your ISP's mailserver
on port 110
