[Info-vax] Problem with SMTP (outgoing mail)

[Bob Koehler]

In article <c29ce947-3690-4d93-9a91-f18a4c041f20 at 20g2000yqq.googlegroups.com>, RLFitch <rlfitch at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> What is not working on the replacement machine (VMS 7.3) is SMTP,
> (outgoing) mail to Internet addresses are failing. In MX
> the messages show up in the queue as "ready" and waiting
> until later to retry. I am not sure whether this is a problem
> with MX or TCPIP. Internal mail is working fine. As well, I
> don't know what information you would need to help.  I have
> searched through the COV but what I found has not been helpful.

   Sounds like an IP connectivity issue.  Looks like SMTP has tried and
   failed to do at least one send.

   I'd try telnet'ing to the SMTP port on the destination system
   of at least one of thse emails and see if something obvious
   comes up.