on 29/11/99 5:30 PM, also sprach Duncan Hill:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Edward Marczak wrote:
>
>> Sendmail Mavens;
>
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> 220 example2.com ESMTP SomeSMTPServer.
>> QUIT
>> 221 example2.com SomeSMTPServer closing connection
>> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> I claim to be no maven, but try this:
>
> telnet theirSMTPserver
>
> HELO your.box.name
> MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> DATA
> This is a test
> ..
>
> If it hiccups on the MAIL or RCPT, check DNS is my suggestion. Make
> sure hosts can reverse and forard lookup.
Thanks for the tip. I am able to manually send mail from mail.example1.com
(the sendmail box in question) to mail.example2.com just fine (like your
example). But sendmail continues to timeout. I just don't get it.
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