Thanks, that worked.. ;) Earthlink.net is another one doing the same thing. I also added them to smtproutes which resolved the problem.. earthlink.net:[207.217.120.28] --JT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Sunday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Nugent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 1:20 PM Subject: Re: @home.com mail servers... ~ FIX... An entry into 'smtproutes' will take care of that (or at least it did for me) home.com:[24.2.2.194] That's it... Jesse : Howdy, : : I am having the same trouble and working with the folks at Excite on : this. They have some anti-spam software which appears to have been : triggered and so it is blocking connectivity to all their MX hosts : from the "offending" IP address. Other IP addresses on the network : are fine. : : I am guessing that qmail's habit of opening multiple SMTP sessions is : triggering their anti-spam software but I have not received confirmation : of this as of yet. : : The problem started either Jan 10th or 11th for me. : : I'll let you know what I find out. : : Bill :