Re: Outbound Problem

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 at 10:25:10 -0400, Dave wrote: > I've had an intermittent ongoing problem for the past several months. > > When sending email it quite properly goes to the outbox and an attempt > is made to connect to the smtp server, but after some time the attempt > aborts with the error messa

Re: Outbound Problem

Hello Bradley, > Hate to teach anyone to suck eggs but have you tried pinging your SMTP > server when you are having problems? ... Thanks for the nudge in that direction. I can't believe I didn't think of pinging the server to be sure it was up, but doing so led me to a partial explanation of wha

Re: Outbound Problem

Hello Thomas, > I get this when the server cannot be reached - either because it is > down or the internet connection is faulty. > It's a simple reply, but it is the cause over here. The log just tells > the truth. May this be the same at your location? Oh, I don't doubt that the log is telling

Re: Outbound Problem

Hello Dave, On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 10:25:10 -0400 GMT (03/11/2007, 21:25 +0700 GMT), Dave Goodman wrote: DG> I've had an intermittent ongoing problem for the past several months. DG> When sending email it quite properly goes to the outbox and an attempt DG> is made to connect to the smtp server, but

Re: Outbound Problem

Hello Ian, > A friend of mine had a similar issue with Outlook Express. She had > changed ISP's recently and still had the DNS entries in Windows for > her old ISP. Changing them to the ones for her new ISP saw the problem > go away. Thanks for your response, Ian. I have in fact checked the DNS e

Outbound Problem

I've had an intermittent ongoing problem for the past several months. When sending email it quite properly goes to the outbox and an attempt is made to connect to the smtp server, but after some time the attempt aborts with the error message "Could not connect to the server", which is also shown