Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/06/2003 03:23:43 PM:

> On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:37:02PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > simradusa# mailq | less
> > hA4F8udC099278       13 Tue Nov  4 07:08 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >                  (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet.no.)
> >                                          <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >                 Total requests: 8
> 
> The timeouts look suspicious. Is your upstream blocking outgoing SMTP
> connections (perhaps in an attempt to stop spam)? A quick way to check
> would be to:
> 
>    > telnet mx4.mail.yahoo.com smtp
> 
> No response would mean that someone is blocking you out (either
> upstream or the receivers).
> 
> Cheers.
> -- 
> Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Tried that, it just sits on 

simradusa# telnet mx4.mail.yahoo.com smtp
Trying 216.136.129.5...

and never connects.
--
Chip


> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>                 "If everything's under control, you're going too slow"
>                                                       - Mario Andretti

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