My response to the original topic..... ... in a new format that explains in technical terms for advanced users, and basic terms for novice users...
Your Problem: SMTP Mailer Error: "Connection timed out: retry timeout exceeded." Simple Description: The recipient's mail server didn't respond to your outgoing (SMTP) mail server's request to pass your message along. Your mail server gave up sending the message and has returned an error to you to notify you that the message can't be sent, ever. Technical Notes: During transmission, an SMTP server (in the chain of SMTP servers) couldn't pass the message to the next SMTP server in the path to the recipient mail server because the server didn't respond within the configured timeout period. The SMTP server may have tried multiple times (and over many days) without success, and *will* discard the message from the mail spool, and *never* will try to send the message again. [The Error was Fatal] Possible causes: The recipient mail server's network was down, or the server (or service) doesn't exist anymore, or a DNS error(*) prevented the message from being routed to the recipient mail server. Solution: Try sending your message again at a later time when the mail server you are trying to reach may be available again to recieve the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------- (*) ...such as... - a misconfiguration of the domain's or subdomain's DNS "MX" record to a nonexistant (or unreachable) IP address, or - the DNS (domain name service) server for that domain is not responding, or possibly even - the TLD (top level domain) entry for that domain at a root server didn't exist and no other root servers had any entry (that could be reached at that time) ================================================================ --- In [email protected], "businesscards1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What does this message mean when mail is returned: > > Connection timed out: retry timeout exceeded > > Thanx, > > Mike If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
