"Cannot resolve SMTP host name"

[Paul Ratcliffe]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 19:53:02, David Gaskill wrote:

>Sometime after I upgraded to PMMail 2000 I discovered that I could no 
longer
>connect to the SMTP server of one of that ISPs that I use relatively 
infrequently. I
>simply get the message,  "Cannot resolve SMTP host name".

What is the host name?

>The e-mail I received in response said that they did not support 
PMMate 2000 (sic)
>and included detailed instructions on to how to use Outlook Express.

Cretins.

>It isn't a matter of life and death to use this ISP but I really would 
like to know why
>PMMail won't connect to their SMTP server any longer.

Did you try telnetting to port 25 of the server? That may give you a 
clue. Traceroute is another thing to try.

>Failing any brilliant ideas I would be quite happy to send all the 
account details to
>anybody in the UK, (where I live), who is using PMMail 2000, 
preferably on NT, to
>see whether it is simply my copy of PMMail that doesn't get on with 
these people's
>SMTP server.

Dunno about NT, but I can certainly try on OS/2.