On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Brielle Bruns <br...@2mbit.com> wrote: > On 4/11/11 10:47 PM, Matthew Petach wrote: >> mpetach@opstools1:~> telnet 219.90.94.56 25 >> Trying 219.90.94.56... >> Connected to static-host-219-90-94-56.tri.ph. >> Escape character is '^]'. >> ehlo yahoo.com >> 554 SMTP synchronization error >> Connection closed by foreign host. >> mpetach@opstools1:~> >> >> >> I imagine when port 25 stops giving 5xx >> failure message back, mail reception >> might improve. ^_^; > > > Works fine for me, your getting an error because your trying to send a > command before receiving the first 220, aka RFC violation. As long as you > connect, wait a moment without trying to send a command, your fine.
Doh! See, that's what happens when you ask networking people to try to troubleshoot mail issues. ^_^;; Sorry about that. :( Matt