Actually all of us and there were many on the help forum had this issue. At first the gmail smtp and imap servers were down meaning telnet could not find them.. I have the rss thread someware. lol!
Take care. S On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:56 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
