+++ Philip Hazel [exim-users] <03/01/02 09:38 +0000>: > > DEFER
> > LOG: 0 MAIN
> > mail.ba.ars.usda.gov [199.133.48.254]: Connection timed out
> So you cannot connect to 199.133.48.254. This does not seem to be an
> Exim problem, but some kind of networking problem. From here, I can
> connect, though the server is clearly paranoid:
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 *******************************************************************************
Paranoid - and stupid. That's a Cisco Pix Mailguard (only implements SMTP,
after a fashion) sitting in front of his exim box. I guess its something
like ident being blocked / dropped on the floor etc.