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Re: Du Yu Kno Wot This Meenz?

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From: Guy Harrison
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:00
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 In article <829341602_OASIS_@land.demon.co.uk>
  Ali@land.demon.co.uk (Alistair Potter) said:-

>> In E-Mail <199604111109.MAA15800@chacal.noc.demon.net>
>>  jrg@demon.net (James R Grinter) wrote:-
>>>
>>>
>>>please note that this 'host' doesn't accept mail connections
>>>and so your mail is unlikely to leave your machine.
>>>
>>>-- jrg.
>>>
>>>------- Start of forwarded message -------
>>>Apr 10 18:07:13 demon-du sendmail[14747]: refused connect from
>>>land.demon.co.uk

[snip]

>>>Apr 10 18:11:36 demon-du sendmail[14805]: refused connect from
>>>land.demon.co.uk
>>>------- End of forwarded message -------

>I wrote back:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Whatever the above is supposed to mean I'm not sure. I haven't changed
>>any of the S/W settings recently, so I reckon the fault was at your
>>end. I've never heard of demon-du untill now. I'll copy your helpful
>>message on to one of the technical newsgroups and see if they can tell
>>me what it means.

Try "hop check news.demon.co.uk", you will see demon-du then.

>Anyone know what this is about?

Not specifically but I'll have a guess ...

In startup.nos the line "smtp gateway" has an invalid address. Use 
the recommended name.

smtp gateway post.demon.co.uk

If you've already got that or it doesn't work then you have a more 
subtle problem.


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk

  
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From: guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison)
Subject: Re: Du Yu Kno Wot This Meenz?
Date: 1996/04/12
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