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On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 16:17 +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > kevin wrote: > > Simon Can I ask ..... > > Do you know of a situation where an NTL user having Zone alarm installed > > (but didnt know why or how to use it), could have suddenly an error with > > SMTP? He now has a permanent error being rejected by smtp.ntl.com form > > his XP machine. Thunderbird Outlook and OutlookExpress are all > > affected. > > If I use another ntl customer's machine and his ntl account all is ok? > > is this related or just coincidence? > > > Just to clarify - it should be smtp.ntlworld.com not smtp.ntl.com - > AFAIK the latter doesn't exist, or is certainly not customer facing. > > Also when I worked for ntl: they used faked DNS servers 194.168.4.100 > and 194.168.8.100 in front of the actual DNS servers whose IPs I can't > actually recall atm [1]. Do they still use those, or have they swapped > for Telewest DNS servers? From a customer point of view the DNS servers > are still the same. > > BTW I'm on VM cable using ZA over Winblows with no problems and the smtp > server connection seems OK in Wales. May be a local issue? > > Kind regards, > > Julian > > > [1] I think the same IPs just ending in 220 not 100. Yes a typo it is stmp.ntlworld.com [kevin@kevinspc ~]$ ping smtp.ntlworld.com PING smtp.ntlworld.com (81.103.221.11) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from smtp.ispmail.ntl.com (81.103.221.11): icmp_seq=1 ttl=111 time=27.3 ms or for the dyslexic [kevin@kevinspc ~]$ ping stmp.ntlworls.com PING stmp.ntlworls.com (208.87.149.250) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 208.87.149.250: icmp_seq=1 ttl=101 time=171 ms Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html