Re: Random DNS and/or network issues

[Jay Kraly]

The fact is that my clients who are using the James mail server are 
getting fed up with my explanation that it is hotmail's fault and/or 
transient network issues.  They are all technically savvy enough to 
realize that when they switch to other SMTP servers they can send the 
same mail to the same addresses without a problem.  This includes the 
hotmail issue as well as my earlier email about James deciding that 
certain addresses are bad.  I realize this isn't your problem, but as 
much as I like the James architecture, the lack of stability when 
connecting to the outside world is forcing me to consider switching to 
another platform.  

I'm not trying to be a pain, just trying to ascertain whether James is 
moving in a direction that will solve my problem, or not.

-J

Noel J. Bergman wrote:

Another thing I've noticed is that James always refuses to send to
hotmail (even after a restart), but if I try it manually via
telnet from the same server it works fine.
   

 

RemoteDelivery: Exception delivering message
   

(Mail1055784543566-57-to-hotmail.com)
 

- 554 Transaction failed
   

Actually, no.  James attempted delivery, and hotmail refused the transaction
with a "554" permanent failure.  There are 100s of references to this on the
Internet, e.g.,
 http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20010521/026347.html

http://www.greatcircle.com/lists/list-managers/mhonarc/list-managers.199909/
msg00003.html
 http://www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users/09-2002/msg00000.html
From what I've read, Microsoft got their software into hotmail some years
ago, things got FUBAR, and now it is pretty much an on-going SNAFU.

	--- Noel

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