On Fri, 05 Sep 2008, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > On Friday, September 5 at 07:09 AM, quoth Peter Davis: > > Thanks. I looked here, and see messages like this: > > > > Sep 4 22:02:31 PFD-Studio-Mac postfix/smtp[88615]: C037B4D62348: > > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=none, delay=30, > > delays=0.2/0.05/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to > > mailwash17.pair.com[66.39.2.17]: Operation timed ou > > t) > > > > But that doesn't tell me much. > > That tells you a lot, actually. It says that the connection to the > remote mailserver could not be made. That could be for a lot of > reasons, but the most likely is that your home ISP doesn't let > ordinary folks like yourself send mail outside their network without > funnelling it through their mail server (this is a common anti-spam > technique). Try doing this: > > telnet mailwash17.pair.com 25 > > If that can't connect, then you have discovered the problem. If it > does connect and you get the pair.com greeting, then the problem must > be with postfix.
The server at Pair is relay.pair.com. It authorizes SMTP for 90 minutes after a POP3 or IMAP connection. See: http://www.pair.com/support/knowledge_base/e-mail/smtp_service_at_pair_networks.html JL -- Jorge Luis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the workers' paradise, everyone will have their own dotted quad.
