Your servers are probably behind a Cisco PIX firewall.
J.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dan kelley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: �������, 19 ������� 2001 6:35 ��
> To: Markus Stumpf
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Repeated Identical Messages
>
>
>
> this is getting much weirder. following the message below, i tested both
> my backup and primary to see if they implemented help for qmail.
>
> here's what happened:
>
> when i test help by doing the following:
>
> from an ip inside the local network:
>
> >telnet mailhost.otec.com smtp
> [dkelley@mx1 qmail]# telnet mailhost.otec.com smtp
> Trying 209.3.117.5...
> Connected to mx1.ny.otec.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 mx1.ny.otec.com ESMTP
> help
> 214 qmail home page: http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html
>
> from a remote ip:
> % telnet mailhost.otec.com smtp
> Trying 209.3.117.5...
> Connected to mx1.ny.otec.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 *********************
> help
> 502 unimplemented (#5.5.1)
>
> ...