I thought that might be the case but this is happening with
several other domains as well.
(and of course they all say that they have no problems with anyone but us)

How many "421 SMTP" codes is excessive ? I see hundreds in the logs
going to 8-10 different domains
(aol,hotmail,mediaone,ipswitch,plus 2-3 of our larger customers)

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] FW: Undeliverable Mail



>20011212 095516 127.0.0.1       SMTP (2016) Trying arc.tusc.k12.al.us (0)
>20011212 095516 127.0.0.1       SMTP (2016) Connect arc.tusc.k12.al.us
>[207.79.237.11:25] (1)
>20011212 095518 127.0.0.1       SMTP (2016) 421 SMTP service not
>available, closing transmission channel
>20011212 095518 127.0.0.1       SMTP (2016) SMTP_DELIV_FAILED

It looks like the mail server at arc.tusc.k12.al.us is FUBAR.  The "421"
code means that the server isn't accepting mail right now, but will very
shortly (it's used during reboots, for example).  IMail takes this as
meaning what it says, and it waits and tries again later.

It looks like the problem is that their mail server is stuck in that "Gee,
I'm almost ready to accept mail" state.  Some mail servers may try the
backup MX records, which would explain why they get get some mail.  It's a
problem on their end that they need to fix.

                                                    -Scott
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