[ale] Connection timed out (Port 25)

[Marc Ferguson]

I used to have outgoing connection issues, so I started using port 26,
by default and that fixed my problem.

On 12/11/09, J. D. <jdonline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the response Jim. I agree that it seems like an issue on other
> end. I think the client is convinced of the same. "The problem isn't on my
> side, it's theirs." ;)
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> sound like a routing issue between client and mailserver. If no one else
>> is
>> having an issue then it's on their primary leg and not under your control
>> anyway.
>>
>> They need to notify their ISP of the connection problem.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:46 PM, J. D. <jdonline at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> A client has problems with email timing out trying to get to my incoming
>>> mailserver. The client will send several emails in a day and then one or
>>> more of them
>>> time out. They get a bounce message from their provider that looks like
>>> this:
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
>>> [mailto:MAILER-DAEMON at omr1.networksolutionsemail.com]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:01 PM
>>> To: beckyr at sendersdomain
>>> Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
>>>
>>>     **********************************************
>>>     **      THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY      **
>>>     **  YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE  **
>>>     **********************************************
>>>
>>> The original message was received at Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:40:11 -0500
>>> from mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]
>>>
>>>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>>> <bruce at ourdomain.com>... Deferred: Connection timed out with
>>> mailman.ourdomain.com.
>>> Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
>>> Will keep trying until message is 5 hours old
>>>
>>> We process a lot of email and complaints like this are very uncommon. I
>>> have spoken with our T1 service provider, and network solutions and have
>>> gotten nowhere. The client has sent us several of these bounce messages
>>> and
>>> they all have the same ip 205.178.146.50. At one point I thought this
>>> might
>>> indicate the issue in one of networksolutions outgoing mail servers but I
>>> don't really know. I think if we were having problems with our incoming
>>> mail
>>> server my phone would be ringing off the hook.
>>>
>>> Any ideas or suggestions on troubleshooting this?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> J. D.
>>>
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>>
>>
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