If I recall my smtp stuff correctly, you should be able to test out your
connectivity by hand via the terminal. In the terminal type
telnet smtp.yourisp.com 25
where you would use the smtp mail server address and port for your ISP.
Standard port is 25 but some, like AOL, use other numbers. You should
get back some text that says
Connected to blahblah
where blahblah is some server name. That will be followed by some other
lines, the last of which should start with the number 220. This means
you connected to the mail server, so it's not a connectivity issue. If
you dig into the SMTP commands you can even send a message through this
telnet session. First command is to tell them what mail domain you are
from by typing
helo mail.bob.com
or whatever. It should come back with a line of text that starts with
250 and ends with OK. When you're done you type quit. Notice that there
is no verification that mail.bob.com is even a real domain. This is why
spam is so prevalent because the underlying infrastructure was developed
back when it was a bunch of people who could trust each other. Ahh, the
good old days of bitnet, fidonet, freenet, veronica and archie.
CB
Richie Gardenhire wrote:
Shaun, Have you considered the fact there may be a port issue? I'm
having a similar problem with my local ISP, ACSAlaska. I did
everything as I was instructed, but I get an error message that says
something like: "Message cannot be sent by my outgoing mail server."
From that, it sound as though I may be having complication or
conflicts with DotMac and my local service providers. I haven't tried
synchronizing because I didn't think that would work. So I'll look
forward to a solution to be posted to the list. Thanks.
Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
Skype ID: alaska_mac_attack.
On Apr 4, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Test Account wrote:
Listers I have a mail issue that is very troubling. All of my outgoing
servers say offline and my mail goes to my outbox. I've created a test
account and everything works like normal. Does anyone know what the
issue is or could be. I've checked all the server setting in dot mac,
Skype and my own server and all is intact. It's strange because like I
said I can reply and everything from this test account. Please, please
help.
