Sandy Drobic wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Carl Spitzer wrote:
ping smtp.pcmagic.net PING smtp.pcmagic.net (69.19.155.88) 56(84) bytes of data. ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
--- smtp.pcmagic.net ping statistics --- 257 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 256255ms
does this mean the mail server is down?
I can receive and this was sent via another smtp from myrealbox.
No, what it means is that you cannot reach the server for whatever reason. It's the same situation as when you try to go to the store and find a road closed. Does that mean the store is closed? Or only that you can't get to it?
Or you're simply knocking at the wrong door. (^-^) It it entirely possible that the server will not answer to ICMP queries but is available on port 25.
No, "Network is unreachable" is a routing problem, which indicates the path is not available. In that situation, you couldn't reach any host on that network If the host wasn't responding, you'd get a message that the destination host was unreachable. . -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org