I have two Dell laptops, an Inspiron 2500 and a Latitude C800 that can
perform all network functions, but cannot (reliably) send email to an
SMTP serverusing Outlook 2000. I have used a Linksys (NP100) and xircom
RBEM56G-100 PCMCIA cards with similar results. On the Latitude I am able to
send email once after rebooting and then it hangs. I have installed a
store-bought version of Windows 2000 (not Dell's OEM version) and got
the same results.
I put either PCMCIA card in a Compaq laptop and I can send email fine.
If I look closely at the message that the SMTP server(qmail 1.03) receives,
I do not receive the terminator string. That is that I can see the "."
(using recordio) but do not appear to get the CR-LF. I have tried using
fixcrio with no luck. If I use Netsape Communicator, I get the same
response, but when I hit Cancel, the email goes out.
I have about 12 other Dell
workstations of various flavors that use this server fine. I have
another Dell Inspiron that can use the email fine with the Linksys
NP100 and the interated network card in the DELL docking station.
If I send email using the either laptop on a subnet different from the
subnet containing the server, I can send email OK.
Thanks in advance. Kudos to the genius who can help me with this.
