Francesco wrote:

Hi,

Having now acquired a permanent connection at work I am only using dial-up from home. However a problem has arrisen and I cannot ell if it is me or them. My connection goes through the NHS net (in the UK) and hence out to the rest of the world. When trying to send smtp mail from work I end up with error message about:

sending smtp command then a while later unable to connect to server

How do I go about finding how far my connection to server is getting before it is being blocked so that I can speak to whoever maintains that system?

Can you ping the smtp server? If you mean you have to go through a number of computers to get to your smtp server and one of them is blocking you, then the 'traceroute' command might work. For example, to find where you go to get to AltaVista, you can use the command: traceroute www.altavista.com where in your case you'd replace www.altavista.com with your smtp server's name. Unfortunately it is not possible to direct it at a specific port on a host, as it just can't be done by the method traceroute currently employs to find the route taken. This is all based on my understanding that your mail isn't even getting as far as being sent... Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/