Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:13:08 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anymore help out there? Re: mail never gets sent Message-ID: <20031107051308.GA7396@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <OFC28355D2.23870F0F-ON88256DD6.00812BBE-88256DD6.008197DC@simrad.no> References: <20031106232343.GA6650@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <OFC28355D2.23870F0F-ON88256DD6.00812BBE-88256DD6.008197DC@simrad.no>
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On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 03:32:31PM -0800, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote:
[...]
> > 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>
>
> Tried that, it just sits on
>
> simradusa# telnet mx4.mail.yahoo.com smtp
> Trying 216.136.129.5...
I'd talk to your ISP and see if they're doing anything strange with
outgoing SMTP connections. If you've got a firewall set up, I'd check
the rules on that as well.
I don't think you're on a blacklist, 'cos if that were the case, you'd
usually get a:
550 You're on a blacklist, yadda, yadda.
response instead.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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