Re: [cobalt-users] smtp refusing connection

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

"Gregory C. Kock" wrote:
> 
> I wrote once before last week about this problem I'm having, but no one
> replied, I thought I would give it another try.
> I have a Raq3 server that is refusing to accept mail from another server I
> have.  The Raq3 is receiving mail from all other places as far as I know,
> but it is just refusing to receive messages from this particular one.  This
> is the message I get back from the server that is trying to send the message
> to the Raq3:
> MDeferred: Connection refused by smtp.myserver.com
> I have tried looking at logs, but I can't find anything wrong with either
> server that would make the Raq3 do this.  Does anyone have any idea of what
> I could try?

Is the rejected server a RaQ as well?  A quick search on Google for your
error message yielded some message forum traffic alluding to improper
message formatting from the rejected server as being a possible
culprit.  Do you know for sure that the rejected server is sending out
properly formatted messages?  (i.e., can other people receive mail from
that server?)

Can you telnet into the rejected server?  If so, you could telnet to
your RaQ3, port 25, and do a manual mail transmission session to see
where in the process everything breaks down...

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Bruce Timberlake
Technology Engineer
Sun Cobalt Server Appliances
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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