RE: [SLE] Can't connect to an smtp server?

Kester Clegg wrote:

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OK, presumably easy this one! Does anyone know of any bizarre reason

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would prevent someone connecting to an smtp server from a dialup connection? She can connect and receive mail via their pop3 server *no problem*. But when she tries to send mail, in either netscape or kmail, it fails to make the connection to the smtp server. The smtp address is correct, and so is her port number. So what else could cause the smtp protocol to fail? Is it possibly a secure connection request being rejected? I'm stumped on this one. The ISP claim everything is OK at their end (but flatly refuse to support linux, so no real clues from

Message-ID: <01C04A3D.913B3190.kester.clegg@comreco-rail.co.uk> From: Kester Clegg Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:09:44 -0000 Subject: RE: [SLE] Can't connect to an smtp server? Thanks for the advice, however I rang ntlworld and they said we had 'illegally' registered two numbers from two addresses! When they found out, they naturally pulled the plug. I hasten to add, we did not register the numbers, their technical support did it for us... k. On Wednesday, November 08, 2000 9:22 PM, juergen.braukmann@ruhr-west.de [SMTP:juergen.braukmann@ruhr-west.de] wrote: that them).

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:-( k.

first idea is to telnet to the server, port 25 and see what happens. you can type "help" after the connect and should get answers if it works. (telnet address 25)

Juergen

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