"Cannot resolve SMTP host name"

[Joachim F. Selinger]

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Hi David!

On 10 Mar, David Gaskill wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 23:47:06 +0000 (GMT), Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
>>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?  
> 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?  

I just tried it and it seems to work even from out here:
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inspc48@12:42 ~>telnet smtp.lineone.net 25
Trying 194.75.152.225...
Connected to smtp.lineone.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 shaggy.lineone.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.8.8; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:49:35 GMT
helo ddd
250 shaggy.lineone.net Hello inspc48.ins.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.32.240], pleased to meet you
quit
221 shaggy.lineone.net closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
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Maybe their service has DNS problems or your dialup ISP has? 

Good luck
Jocki
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