On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Scott Ritchie wrote:

>
>
> > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Scott Ritchie wrote:
> >
> > > Oops, forgot to add the error from Outlook express
> > >
> > > The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected
> by
> > > the server. The rejected e-mail address was '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
> Subject
> > > 'test', Account: 'Scott Ritchie', Server: 'mail.somedomain.int',
> Protocol:
> > > SMTP, Server Response: '550 5.7.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Relaying
> denied.
> > > IP name lookup failed [192.168.0.9]', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server
> > > Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC79
> >
> > Uhmmm ... this is not XMail :
> >
> > 550 5.7.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Relaying denied.
> >
> > It seems you're pointing to the wrong mail server.
> >
> >
> >
>  What do you mean? The .ca the the real domain and .int is the bogus one.
> What does IP name lookup failed mean?  Is it trying to lookup a hostname
> based on an IP?
>
> This is not a huge problem as tomorrow I'll be taking over the real mail
> server.  Just wanted a fully functioning backup in case I really screw up
> and run out of time.

The Outlook that reported you such error is using an SMTP server that is
_not_ XMail. Check your Outlook configuration.
Try :

$ telnet 192.168.0.9 25

and look at the welcome message.




- Davide


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