On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:49:35AM +1000, Simon Bryan uttered:
> Hi,
> Whenever I try to send something to a friend I get the following returned.
> However no-one else I know has the same problem so assume it is something
> in my setup.
>
> ... while talking to gw1.sesahs.nsw.gov.au.:
> >>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <<< 503 please introduce yourself, first
>
Errr, that shouldn't happen.
a '50x' error means "Your client needs to be taken out and shot - we can't understand
each other"
It probably means your client isn't sending a EHLO or HELO command first.
Try telnet'ing to gw1.sesahs.nsw.gov.au on port 25 and doing:
(waiting for a reponse each time)
EHLO mail2.optusnet.com.au
MAIL From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RCPT To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
DATA
(Enter your data here, with a '.' on a blank line to finish)
QUIT
Here is a paste showing that: :-)
Connected to slinky.wedontsleep.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 slinky.wedontsleep.org (qmail) ESMTP
EHLO broken.wedontsleep.org
250-slinky.wedontsleep.org (qmail)
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
MAIL From: Steve Kowalik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
250 ok
RCPT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
250 ok
DATA
354 go ahead
This is a test message.
.
250 ok 988348874 qp 4775
quit
221 slinky.wedontsleep.org (qmail)
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