Re: problems with smtp

[Joe Dunsmore <duns0014 umn edu>]

>>  when ever I did helo with some address, it would ask me why I called
> 
> 
> You mean "ehlo", don't you? This is not a misprint!

sorry, I thought that was a typo, I used ehlo this time.

>> myself that.  what am I supposed to put for "my.host.name"?  port 587
> 
> 
> Well, your host name/domain[1]. If the DNS name of your computer is 
> blah. umn.edu, use that.

I just used my ip and that worked.

>> is what I'm using with my mail client now and what my isp says to 
>> use,  so I think I should keep that.
> 
> 
> OK. You just mentioned explicitely smtp, which usually means port 25.  
> Port 587 is usually associated with submission service.

on port 587, I typed:

ehlo 65.25.217.145

and got the response:

250-mhub-c3.tc.umn.edu
250-8BITMIME
250-PIPELINING
250-DSN
250-AUTH=LOGIN
250-AUTH PLAIN CRAM-MD5 SKEY
250-STARTTLS
250 SIZE 100000000

same response with port 25.