Re: Network is unreachable email error

On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:46:47 +1100
hce <webmail.hce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 12/9/07, John Miller <jmiller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hce wrote:
Hi,

I am using mutt in Debian, it was workng fine in both receive and send
emails (gmail server), but it is now only working receive email, does
not work to send email since last week, please see following error
message. Any suggestion what I could do wrong?

Dec 9 14:13:48 debian postfix/smtp[13065]: connect to
gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[209.85.147.27]: Network is unreachable
(port 25)
Dec 9 14:13:48 debian postfix/smtp[13065]: connect to
gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[209.85.147.114]: Network is unreachable
(port 25)
Dec 9 14:13:49 debian postfix/smtp[13065]: connect to
alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[66.249.91.27]: Network is unreachable
(port 25)
Dec 9 14:13:49 debian postfix/smtp[13065]: connect to
alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[64.233.179.27]: Network is unreachable
(port 25)
Dec 9 14:13:49 debian postfix/smtp[13065]: connect to
gsmtp183.google.com[64.233.183.27]: Network is unreachable (port 25)
Dec 9 14:13:49 debian postfix/smtp[13065]: 5523B42A9C:
to=<jupiter.hce@xxxxxxxxx>, relay=none, delay=2, delays=0.03/0/2/0,
dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to
gsmtp183.google.com[64.233.183.27]: Network is unreachable)
Dec 9 14:13:49 debian postfix/smtp[13065]: 5523B42A9C:
to=<webmail.hce@xxxxxxxxx>, relay=none, delay=2, delays=0.03/0/2/0,
dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to
gsmtp183.google.com[64.233.183.27]: Network is unreachable)


Thank you.

Jim


Jim, from the looks of your logs (I'm assuming /var/log/mail.log--you
didn't say in your message), you're not actually sending mail through
gmail's server. Can you explain a bit more about your mail setup
(Debian version, Postfix settings, etc.)?

Yes, the error message was from /var/log/mail.info.

The configuration is in postfix. The receive and send email to / from
gmail server work fine before I change to current ISP, could that be
my new ISP problem?

Something easy to try in the meantime: can you establish an SMTP
connection via telnet/netcat to 64.233.183.27 and 209.85.147.27?

username@debian:~$ telnet 64.233.183.27 25

I could not make that work:

~$ telnet 64.233.183.27 25
Trying 64.233.183.27...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable

~$ telnet 64.233.183.27
Trying 64.233.183.27...

telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out

The port 25 return error immediately, is it port 25 problem?

Seems it is a network connection problem, isn't it?

Many ISPs block port 25; use 465 or 587:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287

Jim

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