From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 6 15:58:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3525D16A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:58:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.simrad.no (mail.simrad.no [193.69.73.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731D843FF3 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:58:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chip.wiegand@simrad.com) In-Reply-To: <20031106232343.GA6650@grimoire.chen.org.nz> To: jonc@chen.org.nz MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5 September 26, 2003 Message-ID: From: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:32:31 -0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on S_INET01/S_EXT(Release 6.0.2CF2|July 23, 2003) at 07.11.2003 01:01:29, Serialize complete at 07.11.2003 01:01:29 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Anymore help out there? Re: mail never gets sent X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 23:58:31 -0000 Jonathan Chen wrote on 11/06/2003 03:23:43 PM: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:37:02PM -0800, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > > > simradusa# mailq | less > > hA4F8udC099278 13 Tue Nov 4 07:08 > > (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet.no.) > > > > 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 Tried that, it just sits on simradusa# telnet mx4.mail.yahoo.com smtp Trying 216.136.129.5... and never connects. -- Chip > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "If everything's under control, you're going too slow" > - Mario Andretti