On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 02:57:09PM -0500, did Brad write:
> On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> > * Sendmail acting as the MTA. Any mail to the vsnl.net.in domain is
> > bouncing.
> >
> > www:~ $ echo "testing. Please ignore" | sendmail -v
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Warning: alias database /etc/aliases.db out of date
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to sbcsmtp1.ptss.com. via esmtp...
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Could that be the problem? It seems to be connecting to the wrong address.
ptss.com is one of the MX servers listed for the vsnl.net.in domain.
> Ok, looking at George Bonser's reply, it gives me something to check.
> $ telnet grex.cyberspace.org 25
> Trying 204.212.46.130...
> Connected to grex.cyberspace.org.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220-grex.cyberspace.org Sendmail 8.6.13/8.6.12 ready at Wed, 23 Jun 1999
> 15:47:31 -0400
> 220 ESMTP spoken here
> EHLO www
> 250-grex.cyberspace.org Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX], pleased to meet you
> 250-EXPN
> 250-SIZE 100000
> 250 HELP
> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=1326
> 250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender ok
> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 553 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... One generation passeth away, and another
> generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
> Looks like that is the problem. You'd think it'd give a more appropriate
> error message, though. Like complaining about the EHLO instead of the RCPT
> later on...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] told me that it was to block spam.
S.
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