Subj : Re: Email server update
To   : Frank Vest
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Aug 04 2005 03:12 pm

  Re: Re: Email server update
  By: Frank Vest to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 04 2005 10:20 pm

 > >  DM> Is your ISP or a firewall blocking outbound connections to port
 > >  DM> 25 maybe? See http://synchro.net/docs/tcpip_faq.html for details.
 > >
 > > Hopefully others were also going to ask these questions...
 > >
 > > In my router, I have NO filters set. I have a call into the ISP...
 > 
 > Couple odd thoughts here. Probably nothing... maybe dumb, but;
 > 
 > Hotmail may have you in their filter.

That's a possibility, but it's not even connecting, so it'd have to be filtered
at a pretty low level.

 > You may also be in a blacklist that Synchronet is using. For this, you
 > can disable the blacklist on a temp basis and try sending the message.
 > If it works, do a step by step test to find the blacklist server that
 > has you in it.

The DNS Blacklists are only used when *receiving* mail, not sending.

                                                  digital man

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