T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi > > Please don't flame for this waaa~y OT question -- I'm still trying to > solve my smarthost problem and was forced to use M$ outlook, I suspect is > it my ISP's problem but have to prove it, anyway, long story short:
What do you want to use for mail on the win2k system? Thunderbird? I recommend downloading wireshark (was called ethereal) for win2k. That helps me sort stuff out. > - My Linux is able to telnet to my ISP's pop3 & smtp respective > ports Can your win2k telnet into them? Fire up cmd.exe and run telnet. Have wireshark capture so you can see what you get. > - My Win2k (fired under WMWare) is not able to telnet to my ISP's pop3 & > smtp respective ports, though it can ping them without problem. And web > browsing is fine. I think you mean you can ping the host by sending an ICMP message. I don't know how you'd ping the TCP ports. > - This seems not be the WMWare's problem, because my new grml0.8 launched > within WMWare can telnet to my ISP's pop3 & smtp respective ports without > problem. > > - I've done some homework about Win2k ports blocking, and have verified > that my TCP/IP filtering & IPSec is not used. > > - The Win2k is out-of-box vanilla SP4, with bare minimum configuration, no > firewall or anti-virus SW. > > It has been so long that I'm not using Windoze, I don't have a clue where > to look for potential problems now, and where to go for help. Yeah networking on windows is a can of worms. Much easier for me to configure linux but that may be because I am more used to it. > If you could give me any hints, it'd be very much appreciated. Wireshark is your friend. > thanks a lot > > PS. plz don't flame this poor guy in this terrible situation. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Johan KULLSTAM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
