Re: [exim] No route to host - but i can ping the host

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Author: Hannibal Ndlovu
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To: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] No route to host - but i can ping the host
Am sorry for the inconvenience i then found out that my adsl provider
does not allow me to send mail directly, and i have to use thier
smarthost - which is a new development that they failed to warn me
about

Thank you for your responses and help thoug

2008/10/30 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@???>:
> Hannibal Ndlovu wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am using EXIM4 and am having issues with exim not sending mail to
>> well known host like gmail, hotmail, yahoo and others, taking upto
>> 6hrs or more to deliver a message.
>>
>> I looked in my logs and i noted that the error it gives for this is
>>
>> 2008-10-30 08:43:01 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz g.mx.mail.yahoo.com
>> [206.190.53.191] Connection timed out
>> 2008-10-30 08:43:04 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz e.mx.mail.yahoo.com [216.39.53.1]
>> No route to host
>> [..]
>> 2008-10-30 08:50:12 1KvRBR-0003p1-LK == xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@???
>> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (113): No route to host
>>
>> can anyone help sort this out because i can ping theses host but exim
>> cant send mail to them
>>
>
> What happens if you try to connect manually with
>
> telnet g.mx.mail.yahoo.com 25
>
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