"Cannot resolve SMTP host name"

[David Gaskill]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 23:47:06 +0000 (GMT), Paul Ratcliffe wrote:

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

smtp.lineone.net 

>>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.

Don't know how to do this. Could you try it for me?

>>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.

If you don't have any luck with the telnetting thing I will send you the rest of the 
account details. 

Many thanks for your help

David