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From: daniel@nstn.ns.ca (Daniel MacKay)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: problems with nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.192433.25943@nstn.ns.ca>
Date: 26 Feb 91 19:24:33 GMT
References: <1991Feb22.181958.14608@ns.uoregon.edu> <75539@bu.edu.bu.edu>
Organization: NSTN Network Operations Centre, Nova Scotia, Canada
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>In article <75539@bu.edu.bu.edu>, kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent England) writes:
 	As I understand it, there was trouble in the transatlantic
 link, which is beyond the NSFnet connection.
 
I have a little problem with the above: 

	owl% telnet nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
	Trying 128.86.8.6 ...
	Connected to nsfnet-relay.ac.uk.
	Escape character is '^]'.
	nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Login:
	
however:

	owl% telnet nsfnet-relay.ac.uk 25
	Trying 128.86.8.6 ...
	telnet: connect to address 128.86.8.6: Connection timed out
	owl%

There's no one listening on the SMTP port!  No, it's not a connectivity 
problem!
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	Daniel MacKay				daniel@nstn.ns.ca
	NOC Manager, NSTN Operations Centre
	Communications Services			902-494-NSTN
	Dalhousie University
	Halifax, N.S.  CANADA
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