Hello All,
On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 11:25, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Mike Gifford wrote:
> > 2002-06-20 10:29:27 17L2q4-0000me-00 mail2.flora.ca
[216.187.106.239]: Connectio
> > n timed out
> > > Have you verified with telnet?
> > I haven't.. But I'm not sure how to do this either..
> Do this simple test
> telnet 216.187.106.239 25
Done & failed!
> If that times out (as I suspect it will), you do not have an Exim
> problem. You have a connectivity problem. You need to find out why
your
> host cannot connect to that host's SMTP port (port 25). The host is
> currently up. I can connect to it:
Yes.. I expect that this is the problem.. Sympatico.ca HSE is evil..
> $ telnet 216.187.106.239 25
> Trying 216.187.106.239...
> Connected to 216.187.106.239.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 bangalore.flora.ca ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Thu, 20 Jun 2002
11:24:03 -0400
Thanks! got confirmation from others on a local irc that they block
both incoming and outgoing calls on port 25..
Thanks for your help though!
I may be back to trying exim again if I can send mail on port 26 to
another user who isn't stuck behind an ISP who blocks this port..
Mike
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