On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Smith, Craig A wrote:

> John Hawley wrote:
> 
>> I've run a mail server on comcast for about 5 years with no problems 
>> with blockage.  I do have to use them as a relay to get around the 
>> problem of mail rejection from a source ip being in a dynamic range.
> 
> Same here.  Once Gmail and others stopped accepting mail from my 
> dynamic ip address, I used the smtp.comcast.net relay on port 25. 
> 
> A few months ago, Comcast stopped doing that.  I understand they still 
> relay on port 587 but I haven't figured out how to make it work 
> (requires encryption, Comcast user-id and password).
> 
> If anyone has been able to make this work, I would appreciate any
> pointers.

I recommend a Comcast.net account, subscription and using those passwords and usernames. Works for me.