Er, nope, Barry. Its either mailr.state.ms.us (preferred) or mx1.state.ms.us (secondary). Mailr doesn't respond, however. I get connection refused:
bash-2.04$ dig mssc.state.ms.us mx ; <<>> DiG 9.1.2 <<>> mssc.state.ms.us mx ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49069 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;mssc.state.ms.us. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: mssc.state.ms.us. 3600 IN MX 20 mx1.state.ms.us. mssc.state.ms.us. 3600 IN MX 10 mailr.state.ms.us. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: state.ms.us. 3600 IN NS ns1.msstate.edu. state.ms.us. 3600 IN NS mx1.state.ms.us. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: mailr.state.ms.us. 3600 IN A 192.42.4.200 mx1.state.ms.us. 3600 IN A 192.42.4.253 ;; Query time: 642 msec ;; SERVER: 66.92.212.61#53(66.92.212.61) ;; WHEN: Wed Dec 26 08:14:30 2001 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 151 bash-2.04$ telnet mailr.state.ms.us 25 Trying 192.42.4.200... telnet: connect to address 192.42.4.200: Connection refused bash-2.04$ telnet mx1.state.ms.us 25 Trying 192.42.4.253... Connected to mx1.state.ms.us. Escape character is '^]'. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Senior Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems Atlanta, GA http://www.peregrine.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:46 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: SMTP Testing > > > Well that's not the server here... > That's my outside account. > > We are mail.mssc.state.ms.us > > Barry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jasa, Ken > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:40 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: SMTP Testing > > > Non-authoritative answer: > netdoor.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = pike.netdoor.com > netdoor.com MX preference = 50, mail exchanger = rock.netdoor.com > > I was able to coonect to pike.netdoor.com but not > rock.netdoor.com on port 25. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:35 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: SMTP Testing > > > Now I'm totally confused... > > I tried telnet'ing from outside to our SMTP server(on port > 25) and I got a connection refused. I thought if this was the > case you could not receive email from outside??? Am I wrong? > I just sent an email from outside and it came right through. > > I can telnet from to our internal address just fine (NAT is > in use) And sent email from the command line to my outside > email address just fine. Is it normal for the TO: field to be > blank when doing this? > > > Barry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barry Patterson > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:01 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: SMTP Testing > > > Hmm, I wonder if this is where the email problems lies at > then. There have been email problems between us and another agency. > > Thanks > > Barry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:54 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: SMTP Testing > > > All issued commands must yield a response. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:52 AM > Subject: SMTP Testing > > > > I am helping someone test SMTP through telnetting into port 25. > > > > Should any SMTP server respond to each command? > > I do a 'mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[ENTER]' > > and after a couple of seconds it respnds OK, blah.. > > > > Then I do 'rcpt to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[ENTER]' > > and it sits there and acts stupid... no response after that. I have > > tried using a valid username in the domain and also tried sending > to > > an outside address (myself) > > > > Although after I left the telnet window up for about 2 minutes the > > window just closed... > > > > When I telnet to our SMTP server I get responses very quick on each > command. > > > > Barry > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
