they have stopped allowing outgoing smtp. Only incoming mails are allowed.
This was from one of the adminstrator. Very frustrating when thought that it
was an extremely reliable server!!!!!!!!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "A.M. Holm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:17 AM
Subject: [pop3] Suisse / Zurich
> My two most reliable POP/SMTP accounts at "mail1.economy.net", Suisse and
> Zurich, which have worked **flawlessly** since I signed up last October,
> have suddenly produced, what is for me, an inexplicable error message.
> While I realize that different e-mail clients will produce varying
messages
> for the same error, I am somewhat at a loss as to the interpretation of
the
> following:
>
> Receive error: "550 not local host unb.ca, not a gateway"
>
> This was the first indication of trouble - the e-mail address in question
> ended with "@unb.ca". I have a folder of numerous messages sent to the
same
> recipient at this address (he is a regular correspondent), all sent
through
> either Suisse or Zurich without a single glitch, since last October. The
> "unb" designation is the University of New Brunswick, not a fly by night
> company.
>
> My test message after the failure to send, reported a similar error:
>
> Receive error: "550 not local host zxmail.com, not a gateway" - this was
> for "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> My concern is that the error message may mean that the service will no
> longer support sending e-mails using SMTP to recipients outside its own
> domains. I tried a test sending from the suisse account to the zurich
> account and it went through without any problems. I checked out the Suisse
> website but could find nothing indicating a change of policy.
>
> Could someone on the list with, a lot more savvy than I, give me your
take?
>
> A - crestfallen in Canada
>
>
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