Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:23:43 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anymore help out there? Re: mail never gets sent Message-ID: <20031106232343.GA6650@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <OF6A7180D8.7867F35C-ON88256DD6.007C1C51-88256DD6.007C83A1@simrad.no> References: <44ad798a45.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <OF6A7180D8.7867F35C-ON88256DD6.007C1C51-88256DD6.007C83A1@simrad.no>
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On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:37:02PM -0800, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote:
> simradusa# mailq | less
> /var/spool/mqueue (8 requests)
> -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time-----
> ------------Sender/Recipient-----------
> hA6KKrBZ004086 5 Thu Nov 6 12:20 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
> (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx4.mail.yahoo.com.)
> (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx4.mail.yahoo.com.)
> <carvin5string@yahoo.com>
> hA6K6bBZ004057 5 Thu Nov 6 12:06 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
> (Deferred: Operation timed out with mail.pioneernet.net.)
> <chip@wiegand.org>
> hA6IAdBZ003813 38 Thu Nov 6 10:10 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
> (Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours)
> <chip@wiegand.org>
> hA6HF9BZ003680 5 Thu Nov 6 09:15 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
> (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet.no.)
> <chip.wiegand@simrad.com>
> hA4Gc7wG000649 30 Tue Nov 4 08:38 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
> (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx4.mail.yahoo.com.)
> <carvin5string@yahoo.com>
> hA4GXHwG000641 15 Tue Nov 4 08:33 <autopilots@simradusa.com>
> (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet.no.)
> <chip.wiegand@simrad.com>
> hA4FCFdC099301 21 Tue Nov 4 07:12 <autopilots@simradusa>
> (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx4.mail.yahoo.com.)
> <carvin5string@yahoo.com>
> hA4F8udC099278 13 Tue Nov 4 07:08 <autopilots@simradusa>
> (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet.no.)
> <chip.wiegand@simrad.com>
> Total requests: 8
The timeouts look suspicious. Is your upstream blocking outgoing SMTP
connections (perhaps in an attempt to stop spam)? A quick way to check
would be to:
> telnet mx4.mail.yahoo.com smtp
No response would mean that someone is blocking you out (either
upstream or the receivers).
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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