I just tried it from here and it worked for me. On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, randy turner wrote: > i just tried that example, > telnet speech.braille.uwo.ca 25 > network is unreachable, is what i get. > tried it 2 times. > > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Gregory Nowak wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Actually, we don't at all care what mail ports on the ISP's address >> are listening. What we do care about is if he can send mail to other >> servers besides his ISP on port 25. You can determine that for example >> as follows: >> >> telnet speech.braille.uwo.ca 25 >> >> If speech.braille.uwo.ca responds, then he doesn't need to use his >> ISP. If speech.braille.uwo.ca doesn't respond, then he's limited to >> using his ISP to send mail, unless he can find someone else to relay >> through. Even if he can send mail by himself, he still may not be able >> to send it to every server if he's on a dynamic IP, as someone else >> has already pointed out. >> >> Greg >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:02:55AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: >>> A nmap -P0 on the ISP's address would tell us quickly what mail ports >>> are listening. >>> >> >> - -- >> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iD8DBQFCE41G7s9z/XlyUyARAsGgAJ9g8acp2/gcLaJo6BEXksqCgDHFZACfXlhc >> lVSsgOVofg7wxDWNUDSJn64= >> =zBtU >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (58% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Personal site www.hhs48.com, Software site www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
