Re: smtp problem: Status: 4.4.7 Unable to contact host

From: JF Mezei (jfmezei.spamnot_at_istop.com)
Date: 10/03/03 

Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:22:58 -0400

sol gongola wrote:
> So far 3 people have been 'reproducibly' unable to email us. 2 are coming
> from comcast, 1 from worldnet.att.net. No one else from these sites has
> been trying to send us email so i don't know for sure if the sender is
> the problem . The bounced messages all have the same status message:
>
> Final-Recipient: rfc822; SOL@ADLDATA.COM

Just tried to telnet to your SMTP server. First time, it took a VERY long time
for any welcome banner to appear, and I suspect most mailers would have timed
out. Second time, the welcome banner came very quickly.

On my system, SPAM rejections are sent to OPCOM, so perhaps if you look in
your operator.log, you MIGHT find something.

Is it possible that your network, or your host have blocked incoming calls
from those ISPs ?