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Re: Network is unreachable email error



On Dec 10, 2007 7:35 AM, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:46:47 +1100
> hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 12/9/07, John Miller <jmiller@thecsl.org> 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@gmail.com>, 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@gmail.com>, 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

Indeed, my ISP blocks port 25. How can I config the postfix to change
to use 465 or 587? I have following  sasl_passwd:

smtp.gmail.com webmail@gmail.com

Thank you.

Kind Regards,

Jim



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