Thanks to all as I was starting to get a bit of a complex that this was my system -- though I couldn't figure out how. This info will also help with my clients.
Bob Ferguson Sound Data, Inc.
-----Original Message----- From: IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com [mailto:IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com]On Behalf Of Chuck Schick Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 1:53 PM To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] @home.com domain problem
This is a problem I have been posting about the last couple of days. We see this problem on two different mail servers. And the problem definitely seems to be on @home.com end but I do not know why. I do not think it is a DNS problem but rather a problem with port 25 responding on those IP addresses.
Here is a snipette from our log files on one message that did get through - You can see that the server fails to connect to five out of six @home.com mail servers. We are seeing a 90+ % failure rate on connecting to @home. I am trying to contact them to make someone over there aware of the problem.
<snip> 20010115 032934 127.0.0.1 SMTP (386) Trying home.com (0) 20010115 032943 127.0.0.1 SMTP (334) MX connect fail "24.0.95.21" 20010115 033008 127.0.0.1 SMTP (125) MX connect fail "24.0.95.22" 20010115 033015 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) MX connect fail "24.0.95.21" 20010115 033018 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) Connect home.com [24.2.2.192:25] (1) 20010115 033019 127.0.0.1 SMTP (386) MX connect fail "24.0.95.20" 20010115 033028 127.0.0.1 SMTP (334) MX connect fail "24.2.2.192" 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 220 mx3-e.mail.home.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.1/8.11.1; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 02:27:17 -0800 (PST) 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) >EHLO warp8.net 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250-mx3-e.mail.home.com Hello NTSRV02.warp8.net [208.139.205.61], pleased to meet you 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250-8BITMIME 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250-SIZE 5000000 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250-DSN 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250-ONEX 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250-ETRN 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250-XUSR 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250 HELP 20010115 033044 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) >MAIL FROM:<ENews@xxxxx.com> 20010115 033053 127.0.0.1 SMTP (125) MX connect fail "24.0.95.23" 20010115 033101 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250 2.1.0 <ENews@xxxxx.com>... Sender ok 20010115 033101 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) >RCPT To:<dxxxx@home.com> 20010115 033105 127.0.0.1 SMTP (386) MX connect fail "24.0.95.21" 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250 2.1.5 <dxxxx@home.com>... Recipient ok 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) >DATA 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) >. 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 250 2.0.0 f0FARO506548 Message accepted for delivery 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) rdeliver home.com dxxxx@home.com (1) <ENews@xxxx.com> 13523 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) >QUIT 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) 221 2.0.0 mx3-e.mail.home.com closing connection 20010115 033106 127.0.0.1 SMTP (209) finished C:\IMail\spool\Q4dbd0d0.SMP status=1 </snip>
Chuck Schick Warp 8, Inc. www.warp8.com 303-421-5140