[Gllug] Help. Can't send e-mail or access FTP

[Daniel Andersson]

they might require you to tick the nice box saying "My server requires
authentication" (that's what it says in outlook at least)

/ d

----- Original Message -----
From: "Garry Heaton" <garry at heaton6.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 2:48 PM
Subject: [Gllug] Help. Can't send e-mail or access FTP


> OS: Mandrake 8.2
> Internet: Mozilla 1.1
> Mail: Mozilla Mail
> ISP: Freeserve
> FTP: gftp
> Modem: Diamond SuperSST 56e
>
> I'm a relative beginner with Linux but over the last few months I've moved
all
> my web development, internet and e-mail access from my XP Pro machine to
> another running Mandrake 8.2. Apart from slower internet access and more
> frequent disconnections, everything has been running fine for a couple of
> months but since Friday night I haven't been able to send e-mail or access
FTP
> on the Mandrake box. However, I can still receive e-mail and access the
internet.
>
> OK, your first reaction is probably that I should contact Freeserve but
there
> is a twist here. I have an identically-configured copy of Mozilla 1.0
running
> on my XP Pro box which doesn't have this problem. I can access FTP with
> Dreamweaver on it and send e-mail.
>
> The error message I receive when SMTP and FTP fail on the Mandrake box is:
>
> "An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: relaying
to
> <address> prohibited by administrator. Please check the message recipients
and
> try again."
>
> The main reason I'm contacting this group instead of Freeserve is that I
can't
> work-out which "administrator" is issuing this message. Is it possible
that
> the servers at Freeserve are handling mail and internet access differently
> according to the OS used? Is there anything I can tweak at my end?
>
> Freeserve technical support is also 90p/minute which is out of the
question on
> my income.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Garry Heaton
>
>
>
>
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