I have requested them to open it for me, but no response as of yet!
Grant Griffith
http://www.ei8htlegs.net
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:04:09 -0400
>The solution is a to find an ISP that offers full Internet access.
>
>If GTE blocks port 25 (which isn't a bad thing, by the way), but can't override it
>for you, they don't offer full Internet access.
> -Scott
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Grant Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:45:00 -0400
>
>Thanks Kevin and Dan,
>
> It appears that GTE does in fact block me from sending e-mail out. I thought if I
>had my pop3 and SMTP setting for my server it would not even go thru GTE's, but it
>appears I was incorrect.
>
> How do others get around this? I can not send out gte.net becuase they stop that
>as well. Currently my only solution is to use my gte.net account as my reply to
>address and I DON'T want to do that.
>
> Or I guess I just rely on Good Old Web Messaging still. That is what I have used
>for the past year, but I wanted to pull this all into my E-Mail client on my PC.
>
>Thanks,
>Grant Griffith
>http://www.ei8htlegs.net
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:49:59 -0400
>
>>If you can't connect via telnet then I would check with your ISP to
>>see if they are indeed filtering outbound SMTP at their border routers.
>>
>>This will only verify the cause of your problem.
>>
>>In any case you can and probably should use this ISPs SMTP servers for
>>outbound relay anyway ... why add any work to your server when you ISP
>>provides this for you??
>>
>>-Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Grant Griffith
>>Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 8:33 AM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Weird Problem Sending Mail!
>>
>>
>>Hey Daniel and Kevin,
>>
>> Thanks for the responses. I have set this as Relay for anyone and am
>>still NOT able to connect via TelNet. Therefore I have a problem on my
>>client end. I will look into it now.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Grant
>>
>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>From: "Daniel Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:28:14 -0400
>>
>>>Grant,
>>>
>>>With that Relay setting, your email client MUST have its 'return address'
>>>set to a domain name that IMail 'knows'. If you are worried about the relay
>>>settings affecting the situation, then set to Anyone, stop/start SMTP
>>>service and see if you can now send. If that does change the results, then
>>>issue is Relay settings and Client settings. But you have not shown any
>>>error message from the client or in the server log, that would indicate
>>this
>>>is the problem.
>>>
>>>What abou the things I and others have suggested? Answers to our questions
>>>or resuts form a particular test, will help us determine if we are even on
>>>the right track!
>>>
>>>Yes, the Anyone Relay setting will open you to spam, but right now that is
>>>not likely to be a big problem and you can revert back to your current
>>>setting (which is not very spam proof anyway!), if the test does not change
>>>the results.
>>>
>>>Daniel Donnelly
>>>Ipswitch Technical Support
>>>________________________________________________________
>>>See our Knowledge Base at http://support.ipswitch.com/kb
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Grant Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: "IMail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:50 PM
>>>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Weird Problem Sending Mail!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dan,
>>>>
>>>> I was incorrect. I have this set-up to Relay for Local Hosts Only.
>>My
>>>ISP is GTE, would this explain the problem? If so, what do I need to do to
>>>get around this?
>>>>
>>>> Grant
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ||-----Original Message-----
>>>> ||From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> ||[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel
>>Donnelly
>>>> ||Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:37 AM
>>>> ||To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> ||Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Weird Problem Sending Mail!
>>>> ||
>>>> ||
>>>> ||Grant,
>>>> ||
>>>> ||It is not likely that the CNAME is the cause of the problem as most
>>mail
>>>> ||servers now handle that. IMail now does, but not sure if that was fixed
>>>in
>>>> ||the 4.0 series or later. I think it was by 4.07, but memory fails me
>>>right
>>>> ||now.
>>>> ||
>>>> ||Try putting your 'local' addresses in the Relay table and see
>>>> ||what that does
>>>> ||for you.
>>>> ||
>>>> ||>From what I know of DirectPC, yes, it is 'one way' but does it
>>>> ||not use is a
>>>> ||modem connection for the other direction? So you end up with a
>>>> ||normal duplex
>>>> ||connection, with one way much faster (but may have other delays).
>>>> ||
>>>> ||I'd also try the IMail client on the server to send an outside email.
>>If
>>>> ||that works, then IMail itself and your 'net connection are likely
>>>> ||to be OK.
>>>> ||If not then look at logs to see what happened and use telnet as Kevin
>>>> ||suggested. If OK, then the problem would seem to be the connection
>>>between
>>>> ||your client and the server. Use telnet again, from the client machine,
>>>to
>>>> ||see if you can connect to the SMTP service of IMail.
>>>> ||
>>>> ||Daniel Donnelly
>>>> ||Ipswitch Technical Support
>>>> ||________________________________________________________
>>>> ||See our Knowledge Base at http://support.ipswitch.com/kb
>>>> ||
>>>> ||----- Original Message -----
>>>> ||From: "Grant Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> ||To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> ||Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:37 AM
>>>> ||Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Weird Problem Sending Mail!
>>>> ||
>>>> ||
>>>> ||> Hello Daniel,
>>>> ||>
>>>> ||> Thanks for the reply. We are currently co-located at Cinternet,
>>>they
>>>> ||take care of all of our names server stuff. I was unaware that
>>>> ||they had the
>>>> ||priority 10 and 15 MX is going to them, but the priority 5 is going to
>>>our
>>>> ||server.
>>>> ||>
>>>> ||> The error I gave was from MS Outlook 2000. Didn't think it
>>>> ||would be of
>>>> ||much help, but wanted to pass it along in case.
>>>> ||>
>>>> ||> As for the 'Control Access' I have not done anything with it
>>>forever!
>>>> ||I think I actually had this problem all along if I was not using the
>>>> ||satelite connection via DirecPC. But now that I have quit DirecPC it
>>is
>>>a
>>>> ||REAL problem.
>>>> ||>
>>>> ||> I just find it confusing that it works when using DirecPC
>>>> ||when DirecPC
>>>> ||is only one way and that is in receiving information.
>>>> ||>
>>>> ||> I just tried setting it SMTP to Relay ALL Mail and stopped and
>>>> ||restarted the service. The problem still exists. Could the CNAME and
>>A
>>>> ||Record problems possibly cuase this?
>>>> ||>
>>>> ||> Thanks,
>>>> ||> Grant Griffith
>>>> ||>
>>>> ||> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>>> ||> From: "Daniel Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> ||> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> ||> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:48:24 -0400
>>>> ||>
>>>> ||> >Grant,
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >Normally, when using 'Relay for Addresses', one would enter all your
>>>> ||'local'
>>>> ||> >addresses in the table, to allow those computers on your network, to
>>>> ||relay
>>>> ||> >via IMail.
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >I just checked DNS and the secondary MX host I find is not IMail,
>>nor
>>>> ||does
>>>> ||> >it VRFY your email address. So I'm not sure how you are 'getting'
>>new
>>>> ||email
>>>> ||> >to the IMail accounts, if that route is used.
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >ei8htlegs.net.
>>>> ||> > nameserver = NS2.CINTERNET.NET.
>>>> ||> > nameserver = NS1.CINTERNET.NET.
>>>> ||> > 5, mail.ei8htlegs.com.
>>>> ||> > 10, MX.CINTERNET.NET.
>>>> ||> > 15, MX2.CINTERNET.NET.
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >MX.CINTERNET.NET.
>>>> ||> > 206.112.217.12
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >However the highest priority server is IMail and does recognise your
>>>> ||> >account, so that is good and the most likely route to be used. It
>>>would
>>>> ||not
>>>> ||> >relay an email to me.
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >The error you show is not very helpful and I suspect it is from your
>>>> ||email
>>>> ||> >client. Are you sure you did not touch the 'Control Access'
>>>> ||for the SMTP?
>>>> ||> >That, set incorrectly, can limit who can connect to the SMTP
>>>> ||service and
>>>> ||you
>>>> ||> >might have set it to block all local access rather than accept local
>>>> ||access.
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >I would normally use the full name, mail.ei8htlegs.net, as the
>>>POP/SMTP
>>>> ||> >server name. But I see in DNS that this is a CNAME used in the
>>>> ||MX records
>>>> ||> >and that is NOT recommended! MX records should always point to
>>>> ||a hostname
>>>> ||> >(FGDN) and that hostname (FQDN) should always have an A record. So
>>>> ||> >ei8htlegs.net should work OK at the clients SMTP/POP3 names.
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >Daniel Donnelly
>>>> ||> >Ipswitch Technical Support
>>>> ||> >________________________________________________________
>>>> ||> >See our Knowledge Base at http://support.ipswitch.com/kb
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >----- Original Message -----
>>>> ||> >From: "Grant Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> ||> >To: "IMail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> ||> >Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:12 PM
>>>> ||> >Subject: [IMail Forum] Weird Problem Sending Mail!
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >
>>>> ||> >> Hello All,
>>>> ||> >>
>>>> ||> >> I have been using DirecPC for about a year and I have been able
>>>to
>>>> ||> >receive and send mail fine using OutLook 2000.
>>>> ||> >>
>>>> ||> >> Well, I am wanting to cancel DirecPC and just go with
>>>> ||straight modem
>>>> ||> >connection. However I am not able to send mail all of a sudden. I
>>>can
>>>> ||> >receive it fine, but it keeps giving me the following Error Code:
>>>> ||0x800ccc0e
>>>> ||> >(Unable to connect to the Server (ei8htlegs.net))!
>>>> ||> >>
>>>> ||> >> My server setting are set-up to Relay only mail for local
>>>> ||addresses
>>>> ||> >(edit local address table)! My address table is currently empty!
>>>> ||> >>
>>>> ||> >> Any help would be great!
>>>> ||> >>
>>>> ||> >> --
>>>> ||> >> Sincerely,
>>>> ||> >> Grant Griffith, Vice President
>>>> ||> >> EI8HT LEGS Web Management Co., Inc.
>>>> ||> >> http://www.ei8htlegs.net
>>>> ||> >> Bus. Phone: (877) 483-3393
>>>> ||> >> Cell Phone: (513) 602-2257
>>>> ||> >>
>>>> ||> >> http://www.route-one.com - South-Eastern Indiana Website
>>>> ||> >> http://www.getafreewebsite.com
>>>> ||> >> --
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