[Mimedefang] OT can some help me with this?

[Ben Kamen]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Ole Craig wrote:

> On 03/09/05 at 16:53, 'twas brillig and Jerry Vonau scrobe:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > Just need to pick some brains here. My mail server is having trouble sending mail
> > to one mail server, when I telnet to port 25 I get this back:
> >
> > [root at scanmail jerry]# telnet 64.59.128.220 25
> > Trying 64.59.128.220...
> > Connected to 64.59.128.220.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > The daily limit for sending e-mail from this account has been reached.
> > Please try again tomorrow.
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> >
> > My sendmail log show:
> >
> >  Mar  9 14:28:45 scanmail sendmail[16343]: j29ERNQb011110: to=<xxxxxx at larters.com
> > >, delay=06:01:21, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=32671406, relay=smail-cal.
> > shawcable.com. [64.59.128.220], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection reset by sm
> > ail-cal.shawcable.com.
> >
> > The above is repeated for any domains that resolve to this ip address.
> >
> > The tech at the isp says that everything is fine on their end and there must be problem with me.
> > I don't think it's me, as I not the one deferring the connection attempt. Any thoughts out there?
> >
>
> You're correct, it's not your mailserver software. Have you tried the
> telnet test from another host? (i.e. using a different internet-facing
> IP?)
>


I tried it from my IP on the net and I get through.

(bkamen-0) /home/bkamen:telnet 64.59.128.220 25
Trying...
Connected to 64.59.128.220.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 bpd2mi5no.prod.shawcable.com -- Server ESMTP (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004))
helo bpd2mi5no.prod.shawcable.com
250 bpd2mi5no.prod.shawcable.com OK, bkamen-0.benjammin.net [69.128.98.165].
quit
221 2.3.0 Bye received. Goodbye.
Connection closed.



Just FYI.

 -Ben