09-27-2008, 01:14 AM
> The Macs are able to send; not receive.
Receiving email is almost never blocked by an ISP so is almost always a configuration-error.
> All of his test messages from the Verizon
> webmail went to my Gmail site!
'Seems to be the same phenomenon as above.
> I didn't set up Verizon mail to go to my Gmail account...
I'm not clear on the significance of this. It seems to me that the Verizon tech must have been deliberately sending test messages to your Gmail account to test the Verizon account.
This text from your log...
...indicates that you are connecting to the server to receive email.
'Got to admit, this is a puzzler.
Receiving email is almost never blocked by an ISP so is almost always a configuration-error.
> All of his test messages from the Verizon
> webmail went to my Gmail site!
'Seems to be the same phenomenon as above.
> I didn't set up Verizon mail to go to my Gmail account...
I'm not clear on the significance of this. It seems to me that the Verizon tech must have been deliberately sending test messages to your Gmail account to test the Verizon account.
This text from your log...
CONNECTED Sep 25 06:18:05.448 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:incoming.verizon.net -- port:110 -- socket:0x18167c50 -- thread:0x18198860
...indicates that you are connecting to the server to receive email.
'Got to admit, this is a puzzler.