Tim Wunder wrote:
> Mack Earnhardt wrote:
>
>> I've just implemented a local mailserver and I'm testing it. I can't
>> send to it from moz/20010806 on a WinNT box. The server is postfix
>> on a Debian box. I can send from Moz to localhost on the Debian box
>> and also from NS4.72 on the WinNT box without any problems. The mail
>> log on the server indicates a timeout after 5 minutes, and moz just
>> sits there saying it's 'connecting'.
>>
>> wtf?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Mack
>>
>
> Are you using an IP address as the SMTP server, or a server name? If a
> name, does the NT box have a way to resolve it to the correct server?
>
> HTH,
> Tim
>
It's resolving just fine. Postfix logs the connection, but then it
times out. Note that the successful send from NS4.72 was from the very
same WinNT box.
More info: I first tried this with exim with the same results. I
uninstalled exim and installed postfix, but no joy.
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