Sorry... didn't mean to imply that Joe's suggestion was "bad". I found a solution that did not involve SIMS, so I think we'll let this thread die a dignified death.
Your mention of a "stupid firewall" made me do a little checking of the firewall here. That wasn't the obvious problem, but I did clean up some old settings. Thanks to all who offered suggestions. Doug Starkey Network Administrator Pecan Deluxe Candy Company Wasn't it SIMS Discussions SIMS@mail.stalker.com who once said... >Joe's suggestion of looking at cables isn't a bad one, but I'd start >with making sure that you don't have a stupid firewall trying to >filter SMTP between the copier and SIMS, and then looking at a packet >trace (e.g. tcpdump ) to nail down timing and ordering of events >more tightly than "all in the same second" and "SIMS logged them in >this order" ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <SIMS@mail.stalker.com>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>