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From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:37:02PM -0800, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote:

> simradusa# mailq | less
>                 /var/spool/mqueue (8 requests)
> -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- 
> ------------Sender/Recipient-----------
> hA6KKrBZ004086        5 Thu Nov  6 12:20 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
>                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx4.mail.yahoo.com.)
>                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx4.mail.yahoo.com.)
>                                          <carvin5string@yahoo.com>
> hA6K6bBZ004057        5 Thu Nov  6 12:06 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
>                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mail.pioneernet.net.)
>                                          <chip@wiegand.org>
> hA6IAdBZ003813       38 Thu Nov  6 10:10 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
>                  (Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours)
>                                          <chip@wiegand.org>
> hA6HF9BZ003680        5 Thu Nov  6 09:15 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
>                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet.no.)
>                                          <chip.wiegand@simrad.com>
> hA4Gc7wG000649       30 Tue Nov  4 08:38 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
>                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx4.mail.yahoo.com.)
>                                          <carvin5string@yahoo.com>
> hA4GXHwG000641       15 Tue Nov  4 08:33 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
>                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet.no.)
>                                          <chip.wiegand@simrad.com>
> hA4FCFdC099301       21 Tue Nov  4 07:12 <autopilots@simradusa>
>                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx4.mail.yahoo.com.)
>                                          <carvin5string@yahoo.com>
> hA4F8udC099278       13 Tue Nov  4 07:08 <autopilots@simradusa>
>                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet.no.)
>                                          <chip.wiegand@simrad.com>
>                 Total requests: 8

The timeouts look suspicious. Is your upstream blocking outgoing SMTP
connections (perhaps in an attempt to stop spam)? A quick way to check
would be to:

	> telnet mx4.mail.yahoo.com smtp

No response would mean that someone is blocking you out (either
upstream or the receivers).

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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