Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:31:40 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1049164301.97ce24@mired.org> To: "Karl Hammerschmidt" <stuffynose@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail timeout Message-ID: <16002.25228.323691.712308@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <000501c2f3f7$9642ff40$0200a8c0@dellfromhell> References: <000501c2f3f7$9642ff40$0200a8c0@dellfromhell>
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In <000501c2f3f7$9642ff40$0200a8c0@dellfromhell>, Karl Hammerschmidt <stuffynose@earthlink.net> typed: > Sendmail times out when mailing to addresses outside my ISP. > > /var/log/maillog shows the mail received by localhost and then it times out > sending to the domain of the recipient. It keeps trying to send > intermittently. It goes fine if I send to an address that's hosted at my > ISP. > > How could I diagnose the problem? I'd try telnetting to port 25 on one of the domains that is failing. I'd expect it to fail, as it smells like your ISP is blocking port 25 at the perimeter. The workaround is to route mail through your ISPs smtp server. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information.
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