It could be a convergence issue if you've recently changed your DNS. Two routers disagreeing on a path can cause you to be unreachable. If it's a recent change, it will slowly resolve it's self in a day or two.

BTW AOL Email in the Bristol Tennessee USA area is out. We contacted them about a customers remote office there not being able to send Email to the home office here. The response we got was that their network engineers were aware of the problem and were working to resolve it.

Kevin Childers

It's like I've always said, "You can get more with a kind word and a two by four, than you can get with just a kind word."

----- Original Message ----- From: "Waleed Sayed" <wsayed@purenet.com.eg> To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 3:12 PM Subject: Re: ORBSIN: Re: [IMail Forum] Help me !!

> Hi , > > Thanks a lot for you interest , I also doubt that this is routing problem . > because while I'm suffering , I asked a friend in USA to ping this machine > and he sometimes got host unreachable , but I also tried yahoo traceroute > and it worked fine !! > I'm going mad :-) > > Waleed > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Perry" <horizons@declude.com> > To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:02 PM > Subject: Re: ORBSIN: Re: [IMail Forum] Help me !! > > > > > I just installed Imail on another machine (Win2k also) , and it's > > > running Ok now , so I think it's not DNS problems > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > >what do you think guys ?!! > > > > It definitely is NOT DNS problems. The DNS points to the right computer. > Once DNS tells you where to go, it ends there. The computer, or your > network, or your ISP is where the problem was. > > > > FYI, I can now get to your port 25. However, that doesn't mean the > problem is fixed, as it wasn't clear if it was an intermitent problem or if > you could only be reached from certain locations on the Internet. > > > > > > > > -- > > -Scott > > > > Declude: Anti-virus and Anti-spam solutions for IMail. > http://www.declude.com > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >