[olug] Mailing Lists bouncing on cox address

[Kevin]

oops. Sorry for the out of context reply. I read one, responded to it,
and THEN read the second.

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
> When setting up your Yahoo & Pureromance accounts, Kmail will ask for
> POP3 & SMTP servers. When it comes time to put in the POP server, put
> in things just like Y & PR say. But when it comes time to put in the
> SMTP servers(usually the same screen; I'm not familiar with Kmail),
> put in addresses that Cox gives you(like smtp.central.cox.net).
>
> Or are things not working when you do that?
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:59 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Slightly off topic, but Cox blocks port 25 for access to anything but
>> Cox's email service.  I was trying to set up my mom's new Linux
>> desktop to use Kmail for her Yahoo account, and her Pureromance
>> account.  Neither provide an alternate port for email.  Cox kept
>> telling me I could send mail with those email addresses, but it has to
>> go through Cox's server.  However, they said they couldn't provide
>> instructions how to do this.
>>
>> Anyone know how to configure Kmail to send through Cox?
>>
>> -- T. J.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:
>>> I've experienced this twice on the same OSS related mailing list.
>>> Needless to say, it gives me pause to think about alternatives to Cox.
>>>
>>> Don
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 10:56 -0500, Dave Thacker wrote:
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>> My cox internet email address has been unsubscribed from two open source
>>>> project mailing lists during the past week for excessive bounces.  Anyone
>>>> else experiencing this?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
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