[Cialug] DSL/browser issues with qwest.net basic??

[Tom Pohl]

Depending on how they implement SMTP relay authorization, the solution 
may be as easy as checking your POP3 account before sending mail, or 
using the choosing to send a username/password with the SMTP request.

The folks who administer your benalto server might know :)

-Tom

On Jul 28, 2005, at 7:33 PM, jason at benalto.com wrote:

> Sorry to intrude upon thee group with this, but it IS a Linux problem, 
> and
> the Qwest guy couldn't help me at all..
>
> I just setup my Qwest DSL basic service. I got the generic Actiontec 
> 701
> modem, plugged it into eth0 and tried typing in the IP they gave me 
> right
> away and it worked. The modem is on, all the lights are on. I can 
> download
> mail from my benalto.com server.
>
> What I can't do is send mail with Kmail/smtp, with my benalto server. I
> don't know why? But what really confused me was when I couldn't go to 
> web
> pages. I phoned Qwest and when I told them I had Linux they asked if I 
> had
> netscape...I did, and that works! So I can send this out with webmail,
> anyway. How can I configure Firefox, Mozilla, Opera etc to work with my
> DSL? And will I be able to use SMTP?
>
> Very confused, but much much faster now
>
> -jason
>
> p.s. suse 9.0, ADSL 1.5 mbps apparently...
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