I can connect fine to both servers from my sendmail gateway. I've seen something like what you describe when going through a badly configured firewall.
Jerzy > > From: "David Florea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/05/13 Mon PM 04:40:59 EDT > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Telnet troubleshooting > > My domain is privateconsulting.com at 208.187.29.85. Target domain is >geostarcorp.com at 141.209.244.5. When I check both sites on www.checkdns.org, both >mail servers appear to be operating normally. The original issue I was checking was >that geostarcorp is claiming privateconsulting.com's mail server was rejecting some >of their messages. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerzy Setmajer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 1:33 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Telnet troubleshooting > > > Give us info: > Source IP > Destination IP > > So we can cross check it > > > > From: "David Florea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2002/05/13 Mon PM 02:43:50 EDT > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Telnet troubleshooting > > > > In trying to troubleshoot an SMTP issue, I'm telnetting to an outside mail server >(they're running Merak Mail). Their mail server answers, but when I try to send an >HELO, with each character I hit I get a "502 5.5.1 command unrecognized" -- after >about 8 tries I get a disconnect and a "too many bad attempts" error message, but it >looks like that response is coming from the outside address of my router. This works >with other domains, so I'm wondering why this happens and if it's really my router >complaining or not. > > > > David > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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]
