On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 04:42, you wrote: > In the course of testing, we found that some RH 9 boxes that we have > also refuse to take any mail from the server. A quick glance at the logs > and sniff of the traffic shows that the connection is rejected before > any mail negotiation takes place, as if the packets are malformed or > unacceptable in some way. We can traceroute and ping successfully, > however.
RHL 9 boxes don't listen for incoming mail by default: you need to change its configuration. btw You are aware of the short support life of RHL 9 aren't you? -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb