Sarah, your inability to connect to the mail server on port 21 does not mean there is a problem with the server. Google I am sure blocks connections from Telnet.
On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:00 PM, sarah alawami wrote: > Ok. I found the issue on a google help forum but beeing unable to > reply due to accessibility issues? see my twaudio page at > http://twaud.io/users/marrie1 I can't post so here is what I > accomplished by some diognastic tools. Note my own connection works > well. > > Gmail sends but won't receive using the latest apple mail. The > activity scroll area is full for about 8 or so seconds then empty with > no mail being retrieved. On the iphone there is an error with > incorrect username or password. I can send and receive correctly on > the website. In this case I do have my smtp and imap set to the gmail > domain so in my case that cannot be it. > > I tried to telnet it just like in the prior posts and came up with this. > > telnet imap.gmail.com > Trying 74.125.67.109... > telnet: connect to address 74.125.67.109: Operation timed out telnet: > Unable to connect to remote host > > and for smtp? > > Trying 72.14.213.109... > telnet: connect to address 72.14.213.109: Operation timed out > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host > > The plot thickens here. Is anyone else having these issues when telnetting? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
