Re: Can't hit e-mail servers

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From: Smith and O'Halloran
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:00

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In article <364b2c0a.6604797@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
Chris Daley <chris@lodesys.com> wrote:
>Trying to send mail from my mail server to Best's incoming mail
>servers with the following results....
>
>Tracing route to mail1.best.com [206.184.139.12]
> 5 mae-west.best.net [198.32.136.36]  reports: Destination net unreachable.

That's normal.  It means "traceroute is not allowed".

If you want to debug sending mail, you'll need to try
"telnet mail1.best.com 25", not traceroute.
	-Joe
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From: inwap@best.com (Smith and O'Halloran)
Subject: Re: Can't hit e-mail servers
Date: 1998/11/13
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