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Date:      Sun, 01 Nov 1998 15:48:31 +0100 (CET)
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        lista usa <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, lista usa <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Gregorio Faraldo <admin@itacom.com.py>
Subject:   Re: e-mail error
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981101154831.asmodai@wxs.nl>
In-Reply-To: <19981101100710.Y28493@freebie.lemis.com>

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On 31-Oct-98 Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Saturday, 31 October 1998 at 20:25:35 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
>> On 31-Oct-98 Gregorio Faraldo wrote:
>>> I try also to do a telnet to mail.hotmail.com 25 and i get a message that

>> Bigfoot and hotmail obviously disallow telnet access by means of a
>> firewall...
> 
> That would be rather defeating the purpose if they blocked port 25
> (SMTP).  If they accept mail, they accept telnet on smtp, because it's
> the same thing.  Anyway, before stating this, you could try it:

Does the term D'oh! ring any bells?

Djeez, the work indeeds clouds one's mind from time to time...

I entirely missed the specified port number...

[mental note: read mail twice or thrice before replying]

Pardon my ignorance,

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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai
asmodai(at)wxs.nl
Junior Network/Security Specialist
FreeBSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve...

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