comp.lang.ruby

Shashank Date

9/4/2003 12:56:00 PM

"Robert McGovern" <robertm@spellmanhv.co.uk> wrote in message
> Lost your response, I think you said that you weren''t behind a proxy

Correct ! I am not behind any proxy (this is my Home PC).

> but behind a router. That shouldn''t make any difference then.

Ok good. I don''t remember if my router has a built in firewall. I''ll check.

> Can you ping the mail.xxxx.xxx address you are using from you dev
> machine?

No ... ping times out too. It translates smtp.everestkc.net to
mail.everestkc.net though.

> Can you telnet to the mail.xxxxx.xxx address at port 25 from the dev
> machine?

Yes, I can but I don''t get a login prompt or anything. This is what I see:

220
******0******************************************************************2**
********0***********
*****200***

and then the session hangs. I had to close the DOS window to
come out of it.

But I was able to use the utility "blat"
(http://sourceforge.net/pro...)
which uses smtp to send mails. No problems there. And of course, I
am using Outlook Express to send this email. So there must be a way.

And where there is a way there is a will ... or some such :-)
Thanks for your continued attention.
-- shanko