Why is SMTP traffic the only thing being affected? And since when do transit providers block ports?
Something smells fishy here. Any non-Datanet customers experiencing similar issues? ----- Original message ----- > I've been in touch with datanet, because we have a mail server on their > network. They say its maintainance. And indeed we have a lot of mail > that's just being held in the queue. > > Daniel. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Reinier Battenberg > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:28 PM > To: Uganda Linux User Group > Subject: [LUG] Upstream SMTP on BSC > > Hi, > > It seems one of the upstream providers is blocking port 25 for the last > 24 hours. > > If you use TEAMS over a BSC link (parts of Roke and Datanet do) then you > probably will see that the folling statement will time out: > > telnet alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25 > > If you are running an SMTP server, no email has been going out for about > 24 hours. > > It seems to be some very smart person very far away from Uganda that > thought this was a good idea and didnt tell anyone. > > You can read this email, because our SMTP server(s) and the LUG SMTP > server are both hosted in Uganda, so under normal circumstances, we are > all not affected by these connectivity challenges. > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > http://twitter.com/batje > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] Mailing list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: > http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] Mailing list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: > http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them > in any way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
