just to continue this as it's still a problem. I just talked with their = mail admin and they do not allow port 25 access (he says) to this machine. = not sure I understand that but I get the same thing when trying to telnet = as the 1st example below.... not sure why I get that and len gets = connected.... strange.
Anyway, is there a way to turn address verification off for a particular = site to see if the mail goes through... that's what he says is the problem.= also, len in your list below, what's broke about your telnet connection? = you get further than I do. thanks for the help ... bob > >>Now here's something I find very odd- I can telnet from my Postfix box, >>and the address verifies. But if I do it from my W2k box at home over a >>BellSouth connection- it times out! Different telnet client and >>different source ip. >> >>K:\>telnet d5email.usbr.gov 25 >>220 ********************************************************* > >the jokers are running broken PIX SMTP fixup. > >>Telnet from Postfix still works. Is the .gov server really >broke > >yes > >tx1# telnet d5email.usbr.gov 25 >Trying 137.77.5.13... >Connected to d5email.usbr.gov. >Escape character is '^]'. >220 ********************************************************* >helo this.is.len >250 d5email.usbr.gov Hello this.is.len (24.242.169.52) >mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >250 sender ok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >rcpt to:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >250 Recipient ok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >quit >221 d5email.usbr.gov closing connection >Connection closed by foreign host. > >>or is it a matter of the ip address that's trying to connect?? > >I dunno > >Len > > >
