From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 6 21:13:11 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 529FD16A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 21:13:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B3D243FA3 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 21:13:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 029861362A; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:13:08 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:13:08 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Message-ID: <20031107051308.GA7396@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20031106232343.GA6650@grimoire.chen.org.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i 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: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 05:13:11 -0000 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 > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive." - Ferris Bueller