Thanks to both Ralph and Jay Seems it was a firewall issue after all. The nitwits did not open the port like we asked them to ! and here I am pulling my hair out ...... Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf Spenneberg" <lists@spenneberg.org> To: <psyche-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Re: External mail on RH8 again > Am Die, 2003-02-18 um 09.44 schrieb Jason Dale: > > Hi Ralph, > > > > Thanks for the input. > > > > Yes, 209.212.104.70 is the correct IP address. > > > > When I type > > > > # telnet mail.primaryblue.com 25 > Ok. me too after some time, but it looks weird: > Connected to mail.primaryblue.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 > ****************************************2******2****************200*****2*** ***0200 > helo localhost > 250 localhost.localdomain Hello 212-204-016-082.dsl1.versanet.de > [212.204.16.82], pleased to meet you > mail from: ralf@spenneberg.de > 250 2.1.0 ralf@spenneberg.de... Sender ok > rcpt to:testmail@primaryblue.com > 250 2.1.5 testmail@primaryblue.com... Recipient ok > data > 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself > This is testdata. > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list